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The advent of synchrotron radiation and the recent development of X-ra
y optics have rendered possible the realization of X-ray fluorescence
microprobes. Various arrangements allow to obtain micrometer size hard
X-ray beams with enough flux to undertake elemental mapping of trace
elements. Associated with microdiffraction or with extended X-ray abso
rption fine structure studies, these microprobes will become a very in
teresting tool for material characterization.