Hard x-ray microbeam production with synchrotron radiation: Application tomicroanalysis

The advent of synchrotron radiation and the recent development of x-ray opt ics have rendered possible the realization of x-ray fluorescence microprobe s, Various arrangements allow one to obtain micrometer-size hard x-ray beam s with sufficient flux to undertake elemental mapping of trace elements. As sociated with micro-diffraction or with extended x-ray absorption fine stru cture studies, these microprobes are becoming very powerful tools for mater ial characterization. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.