Patent ID: 7436926
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A fluorescent X-ray analysis apparatus comprising: at least one X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray: at least one X-ray detector configured to detect a fluorescent X-ray; and a sample container configured to store a quantity of sample and comprising at least two non-coplanar, X-ray transmissive windows, wherein the at least one X-ray source is placed outside the sample container such that through one of the at least two windows, it irradiates the X-ray to interrogate the quantity of sample in the sample container, while the at least one X-ray detector is placed outside the sample container such that through another of the at least two windows, it detects the fluorescent X-ray emitted as a result of interrogation of the quantity of sample in the sample container.