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Project Code [2007-INF-4-S5]
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Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
Dublin City University (DCU)
Lead Applicant
Dermot Diamond
Project Abstract
We are seeking a lab reference instrument with a detachable portable element for fleld XRF measurements. An example is the XLT 793 (Niton, UK, see http://www.nitonuk.co.uk/) which provides performance under lab conditions equivalent or better than much larger XRF instruments, covering a standard analytical range of more than 25 elements, from Ti to U, and can be used both in field analysis and as a bench top instrument. The big advantage of XRF over other analytical techniques is that it does not require digestion of the solid samples prior to analysis- i.e. no lengthy sample preparation is required. The instrument provides a simple point-and-shoot operation, with the direct reading of all analytes. Note that similar instruments are available from other vendors but this instrument has the best analytical specification to our knowledge.It is our aim to use this instrument to validate field approaches to solid samples (dust) by linking the instrument to an automated sampling unit we have developed under an EPA funded project, and to produce the first autonomous, fully automated, field deployable XRF system for dust analysis. We will provide the funding balance of almost Euro14K for the system from internal sources
Grant Approved
€56,000.00
Research Hub
Natural Environment
Research Theme
Soils and Land-Use
Initial Projected Completion Date
19/11/2008