Title: muon induced X-ray emission analysis
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - muon induced X-ray emission analysis
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08737
Status: current

Definition
Measurement method of X-ray analysis in which characteristic X-radiation emitted upon irradiation of a material with a beam of muons of certain energy is used to measure the chemical composition and chemical state of an element.

Related Term
- X-ray analysis: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08769

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 88 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)

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Citation: Citation: 'muon induced X-ray emission analysis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08737
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