{"id":841,"date":"2021-07-07T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpstaging.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/?page_id=841"},"modified":"2022-01-13T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:18:27","slug":"xrf-x-ray-and-elemental-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/about\/how-we-work\/lab-methods\/xrf-x-ray-and-elemental-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"XRF X-Ray and Elemental Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>XRF X-Ray and Elemental Analysis<\/h1>\n\t<p>We have an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Core Scanner that tells us how much of different elements are in a core. It also takes an x-ray of the core, which is very similar to the x-ray you might get at the doctor if you had a broken arm.<\/p>\n<p>How does the XRF work?<\/p>\n<p>The scanner radiates the elements in the surface sediments, which causes them to fluoresce. Each element has a characteristic fluorescence, so the XRF can identify which elements are in the sediments and how much of them there is.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/07\/xrf-scan2.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/07\/xrf-scan2.jpg\" alt=\"radiograph scan\" height=\"50\" width=\"610\" title=\"xrf-scan2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tThis is an example of a radiograph scan of a core from Salt Pond, MA.\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/07\/xrf.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/07\/xrf.jpg\" alt=\"XRF\" height=\"237\" width=\"200\" title=\"xrf\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRF X-Ray and Elemental Analysis We have an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Core Scanner that tells us how much of different elements are in a core. It also takes an x-ray of the core, which is very similar to the x-ray you might get at the doctor if you had a broken arm. How does the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":797,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1434,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841\/revisions\/1434"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/coastalgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}