Investigation of the different intensity ratios with mean atomic number using dilution technique

In this study, the variation of different intensity ratios with the mean atomic number was investigated in the EDXRF system for qualitative analysis. Fourteen different samples were used in the study. Samples with average atomic numbers between 9,743 and 83 were obtained by mixing bismuth and cellulose powders in different proportions. The samples were excited by photons with 59.54 keV energy emanating from the Am-241 source and an HPGe detector with 182 eV resolution at 5.9 keV was used.