Guides for IXRF Systems
Build your understanding of microXRF through detailed guides, technical explainers, and step-by-step educational content - how XRF works, sample preparation, elemental mapping, quantitative analysis, instrument selection, and application-specific workflows.
MicroXRF Penetration Depth: How Deep Does MicroXRF Analyze?
How deep does microXRF analyze? Learn the difference between penetration and information depth, what controls it, typical depths by material, and how depth shapes maps and quantification.
What Is MicroXRF and How Does It Work?
Learn how a focused X-ray beam excites a sample to produce characteristic X-ray fluorescence, allowing researchers to identify elements and map where they occur across a sample.
How to Choose a MicroXRF System
Spot size alone doesn’t define performance. Learn how X-ray source design, detector area, working distance, chamber size, elemental range, atmosphere, and software affect what a microXRF can actually do.
Understanding MicroXRF Spatial Resolution
What does a 5 µm, 10 µm, or 20 µm X-ray spot really mean? Explore the factors that determine spatial resolution and why beam size, interaction volume, sample composition, and mapping conditions all matter.
How to Prepare Samples for MicroXRF
Many samples can be analyzed with little or no preparation. Learn when polishing, sectioning, mounting, cleaning, or flattening a sample improves results and when analyzing the sample as-is makes more sense.
How to Read an Elemental Map
Elemental maps reveal more than where an element is present. Learn how to interpret intensity, elemental associations, boundaries, inclusions, zoning, gradients, and other spatial relationships within microXRF data.
Qualitative vs. Quantitative MicroXRF
Element identification and concentration measurement answer different questions. Learn the difference between qualitative mapping, semi-quantitative analysis, and quantitative microXRF and when each approach should be used.
MicroXRF vs. SEM-EDS: Which Should You Use?
Both techniques provide spatially resolved elemental information, but they excel at different length scales and sample types. Compare resolution, sample preparation, analysis area, detection limits, chamber requirements, and workflow.
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