ION EXCITATION CHARACTERISTIC X-RAY SPECTROMETER

Abstract

An ion excitation characteristic X-ray spectrometer was created on the basis of an ion electrostatic accelerator AN-2500. The energy resolution of the spectrometer measured on the 5.9 keV line of the ⁵⁵Fe spectrometric source is about of 151 eV. The characteristic X-ray spectra of the bony tissue section, which were affected to coxarthrosis, were measured. It is shown that the intensity of P and Ca spectral lines in the sick tissue is reduced by 20 and 30 %, respectively. Meanwhile, the amount of chlorine increases almost five times, which indicates the accumulation of salts in the sick tissue.