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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
U.s.a. As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Keith C. Gendreau, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Zaven Arzoumanian, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Robert G. Baker, Berlin, MD (US);
Norman Dobson, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Richard Koenecke, Greensboro, MD (US);
Abstract
A multiplexing x-ray fluorescence (MXRF) system and method are provided. The system can include a simple detector that counts x-rays with time resolution. A time-variable applied radiation source is used. The MXRF applied radiation source can produce an excitation spectrum with a peak average energy that grows with time and then recycles. Elemental identification can be achieved by time-correlating x-ray counts detected by the detector, with the time-variable applied radiation field. The system and method provide design flexibility for both commercial and NASA applications.
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