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Multi-element Reference Materials for XRF (and Filter Orientation)
Nicole Hyslop, Krystyna Trzepla, and Sinan YatkinCrocker Nuclear Laboratory
University of California, DavisPresented at Cape Romain, SC
October 15, 2014
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Multi-element (ME) XRF Reference Filters• Quickly evaluate instrument performance for
multiple elements• Assess spectral interferences between elements• Limited multi-element reference filters for XRF
– NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) created with dust collected from HVAC system
• Does not contain all the elements of interest• Only some elements are certified, others are qualitative
only
• ICPMS uses multi-element standard solutions – Using these solutions in the aerosol chamber to
create reference filters for the XRF instruments
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UCD Evaluation of ME Standards
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Inter-laboratory Comparison of Multi-element (ME) samples
• Labs1. CNL, XRF (Epsilon 5)2. DRI, XRF (Epsilon 5) and ICPMS3. South Coast Air Quality Management District, XRF (Epsilon 5) and ICPMS4. New Zealand (NZ), XRF (Epsilon 5) and PIXE5. United Kingdom (UK), XRF (Epsilon 5) and ICPMS6. PANalytical, XRF (Epsilon 5)7. RTI, XRF (Quant’X with linear calibration)8. JRC, XRF (Quant’X with standardless)
• 6 MEs samples from eacho Low : Mimicking the medians of IMPROVEo High : Trace elements over than the QLs, major elements the same as Lowo 28 elements, IMPROVE + Co, Cd, Mo and Ba
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Methodology for ME Study
• Cannot use mass for reference value• Assigning reference values for MEs
o UCD analyzed all samples on Odin
Where Refi,filter = reference value for element i, LK,filter = Potassium loading measured by UCD XRF Ci,solution = concentration of element i in solution CK,solution = concentration of potassium in solution
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Laboratory Inter-
Comparison Results: K
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Laboratory Inter-
Comparison Results: S
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Laboratory Inter-
Comparison Results: V
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Laboratory Inter-
Comparison Results: Se
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Deposit Area
• ICPMS analysis yields g/filter while XRF analysis yields g/cm2
o Convert between units using filter area o Pall 47 mm PTFE filter internal diameter measures
~38 mm, thus 11.34 cm2
o EPA uses 11.86 cm2 for Partisol sampler for MTL filters
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SEM Images of Multi-element Deposit
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SEM XRF Results of
47mm filter with deposit on PTFE-face
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Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
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ME Solution Samples (Na, Si, K, Ti, Mo and Zr) on 47 mm
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SiO2 Samples on 47mm Filters
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(NH4)2SO4 Samples
25 mm
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Filter Orientation• Still assessing the impacts of filter orientation
on our operations?