Eur. Phys. J. D (2015) 69: 103
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2015-50807-3

Regular Article

Measurements of K shell absorption jump factors and jump ratios using EDXRF technique

¹ Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Physics, Giresun University, 28100 Giresun, Turkey
² Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Physics, Ağri İbrahimÇeçen University, 04100 Ağri, Turkey
³ Bingöl University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Electronic Communication Technology, 12000 Bingöl, Turkey

^a e-mail: mustafakacal@hotmail.com

Received: 8 November 2014
Received in final form: 29 January 2015
Published online: 10 April 2015

Abstract

In the present work, the K-shell absorption jump factors and jump ratios for 30 elements between Ti (Z = 22) and Er (Z = 68) were measured by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique. The jump factors and jump ratios for these elements were determined by measuring the K shell fluorescence parameters such as the Kα X-ray production cross-sections, K shell fluorescence yields, Kβ-to-Kα X-rays intensity ratios, total atomic absorption cross sections and mass attenuation coefficients. The measurements were performed using an Am-241 radioactive point source and a Si (Li) detector in direct excitation and transmission experimental geometry. The results for jump factors and jump ratios were compared with theoretically calculated and the ones available in the literature.