X-ray Fluorescence Analyzer With Safety Features
AssigneeOxford Instruments Analytical Oy
InventorsMikko JÄRVIKIVI, Jarmo LEINO
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Abstract
A portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer comprises a detector of ionizing radiation that is configured to detect radiation from spontaneous radioactive decay within an environment of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer and or ionizing radiation that propagates past a front end of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer towards its user.
Claims14
A portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer, comprising a detector of ionizing radiation that is configured to detect at least one of:
- radiation from spontaneous radioactive decay within an environment of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer, and
- ionizing radiation propagating past a front end of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer towards its user.
A computer program product stored on a non-volatile computer readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor comprised in a portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer, cause the implementation of a method comprising:
- measuring at least one of:
- an amount of ionizing radiation from spontaneous radioactive decay within an environment of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer, and ionizing radiation propagating past a front end of the portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer towards its user, and
- as a response to a measurement that shows the intensity of ionizing radiation from spontaneous radioactive decay to exceed a predetermined threshold, producing an indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.