A new device to mount portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (p-ED-XRF) for semi-continuous analyses of split (sediment) cores and solid samples

Hoelzmann, Philipp; Klein, Torsten; Kutz, Frank; Schütt, Brigitta

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-93-2017

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-93-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-93-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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17 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 17 Feb 2017

A new device to mount portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (p-ED-XRF) for semi-continuous analyses of split (sediment) cores and solid samples

Philipp Hoelzmann, Torsten Klein, Frank Kutz, and Brigitta Schütt

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RC1: 'analysis of core sediment', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to referee#1', Philipp Hoelzmann, 21 Dec 2016
RC2: 'review2', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to referee#2', Philipp Hoelzmann, 09 Jan 2017

Short summary

This paper introduces a hands-on, low-cost device (German industrial property right no. 20 2014 106 048.0) that uses common adapters to mount p-ED-XRF devices so that these can provide bulk-sedimentary chemistry data from non-destructive measurements at the surface of a split sediment core or from other solid samples. The strength of combining p-ED-XRF analyses with this new sample chamber is demonstrated by exemplary sediment cores from an archaeological research project.