Based on a computerized literature search through Chemical Abstracts for the period 1968–89 and on a manual search through Analytical Abstracts for 1988, trends in the literature are discussed for x‐ray emission spectrometry in general, and for x‐ray fluorescence analysis, proton‐induced x‐ray emission and synchrotron‐induced x‐ray fluorescence analysis. Relative contributions are derived for articles dealing with various excitation and detection modes, with different application fields and from different countries. Special attention is paid toenvironmental applications of x‐ray emission spectrometry.
Nine powder samples originating from the archaeometallurgical she in Göltepe, southern central Turkey, have been analysed. Bulk analyses, using X‐ray fluorescence and X‐ruy photoelectron spectroscopy, and single particle analyses, using electron probe X‐ray microanalysis, were carried out. The analyses were focused on determining the inorganic elemental composition of the samples and the distribution of particle types in the nine powder samples. In addition, the powder samples were classified on the basis of their elemental composition using multivariate techniques. The objective of this study was to characterize the powder samples and to establish an association with archaeological data from the site
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