摘要 |
In the x-ray fluorescence analysis of minerals, ores and other materials, chemicals containing lithium and boron are melted together at high temperatures to produce lithium borate compounds which are then cooled and reduced in size to a powder or coarse material. Such material is known as x-ray flux and is usually represented or specified in the final commercial product as ratios of lithium tetraborate to lithium metaborate. The x-ray flux is melted with materials to be analyzed and cast into discs which are then analyzed by an x-ray fluorescence spectrograph. In this invention, thulium has been added, mixed and melted with the x-ray flux such as to function as an internal quantitative standard for the analysis of nickel ore, nickel concentrates or other nickel containing substances, when such flux is mixed and melted with the nickel containing samples to be analyzed. |