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Interpretation: Why the fluorescence emitted in XRF is at lower energies than the X-rays used to initiate the process has to be explained.
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- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is an analysis technique which is based on the principle that when atoms are excited by an energy source, they emit characteristic X-ray photons.
- X-rays are energetic enough to remove the electrons held tightly in the inner orbitals of the atoms.
- Fluorescence is a phenomenon which involves the absorption of a radiation of specific energy and re-emission of a radiation usually of lower energy.
- The emitted X-ray has its energy equal to the energy difference between the orbital it jumps from and the orbital it jumps to.
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