X-ray fluorescence

emission of characteristic "secondary" X-rays from a material that has been excited by high-energy X-rays or gamma rays
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X-ray fluorescence

Summary

X-ray fluorescence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • X-ray fluorescence's subclass of is recorded as fluorescence[2].
  • X-ray fluorescence's has use is recorded as X-ray fluorescence spectrometry[3].
  • X-ray fluorescence's has use is recorded as total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry[4].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Commons category is recorded as X-ray fluorescence[5].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jgqz[6].
  • X-ray fluorescence's has cause is recorded as X-ray[7].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300224161[8].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/X-ray-fluorescence[9].
  • X-ray fluorescence's has effect is recorded as X-ray[10].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Quora topic ID is recorded as X-ray-Fluorescence[11].
  • X-ray fluorescence's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtxP5I53Pj0s[12].
  • X-ray fluorescence's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as X06710[13].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 162170617[14].
  • X-ray fluorescence's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810623479005606[15].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Lex ID is recorded as XRF[16].
  • X-ray fluorescence's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C162170617[17].
  • X-ray fluorescence's Biological Imaging Methods Ontology ID is recorded as 00000608[18].

Why It Matters

X-ray fluorescence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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  16. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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