Academic discipline
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Fast elemental screening before wet chemistry
Chemistry labs use XRF to triage samples — catalyst supports, precipitates, and coated particles — reducing ICP queue time for graduate students.
Typical samples
- Catalyst powders
- Supported nanoparticles
- Residues & precipitates
- Coated substrates
Elements of interest
- Pt, Pd, Au (noble catalysts)
- Ni, Co, Cu, Zn
- Heavy metals in residues
Research use cases
- Catalyst loading checks
- Batch-to-batch QC
- Thesis method development
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Imperial College London
Sample AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry · United Kingdom
Catalyst powder screening — triage before ICP for PhD cohort
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