Assessing the L X ray satellite emissions of zirconium through wavelength Dispersion X ray fluorescence (WDXRF) analysis

Abstract

The technique known as Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) is used to precisely identify the elemental composition of small regions in solid materials. A concentrated electron beam is directed onto the sample, producing distinctive X-rays in the process. After that, the elements’ presence and concentration in the material are ascertained by analyzing these X-rays. For this analyzing purpose, Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) is used because of its high accuracy compared to Energy dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). In this work zirconium foil is analyzed and the experimental values to the theoretical energies of these satellite lines was confirmed using the literature by using WDXRF. And using two crystal changers, Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Extended selection of Germanium Crystal (XS-Ge), WDXRF was used to compare the theoretical values from X-Ray Data to the experimental values from the WDXRF Technique, and found the transitions of L2O1 and L3O1 experimental values which are not found theoretically, chemical effect, such as energy shift, intensity ratio, and transition energy corresponding to emission X-ray intensity and their respective functions of zirconium foil. © 2025 Elsevier B.V.