X-ray Diffraction and Elemental Analysis of Medical and Environmental Samples

• Authors: K. Bielecka , W. Kurtek , D. Banaś , A. Kubala-Kukuś , J. Braziewicz , U. Majewska , M. Pajek , J. Wudarczyk-Moćko , I. Stabrawa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The results of the elemental and chemical composition analysis of human medical samples (blood, serum, hair, urine, tooth, kidney stones, gallstones) and environmental samples (slag, cereal, vegetables, flour, pork bones, pork meat, fish) are presented. The analysis were performed by application of the total reflection X-ray fluorescence, wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence and X-ray powder diffraction methods. With X-ray fluorescence methods the following elements were identified: O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Zr, I, Ba, and Pb, whose concentrations were from a few ng/g to tens of percent. For some samples the elemental analysis was extended by X-ray powder diffraction measurements. With this method the chemical composition was determined. In the paper the experimental setups, methodology of samples preparation and methods of carrying out the measurements are described. As an example the X-ray spectra registered for gallstone sample are discussed in detail. Finally, the results of X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis for selected medical and environmental samples are summarized.

Keywords

EN

78.70.En; 87.64.Bx; 32.30.Rj; 87.64.kv

Discipline

• 78.70.En: X-ray emission spectra and fluorescence
• 32.30.Rj: X-ray spectra
• 87.64.Bx: Electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction and scattering
• 87.64.kv: Fluorescence

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 911-918

Dates

published

2014-04

Contributors

author

K. Bielecka

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

author

W. Kurtek

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

author

D. Banaś

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

author

A. Kubala-Kukuś

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

author

J. Braziewicz

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

author

U. Majewska

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

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M. Pajek

• Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

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J. Wudarczyk-Moćko

• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

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I. Stabrawa

• Holycross Cancer Center, S. Artwińskiego 3, 25-734 Kielce, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.911