The fabrication of the compositionally graded metals provides a new frontier in additive manufacturing and the characterization of the elemental distribution of graded materials is strongly desired for the quality control of powder mixing and improvement of additive manufacturing process parameters. In this study, Micro-beam X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) was used to characterize the elemental distribution

An angle resolved X-ray fluorescence spectrometer based on the concept of scanning-free shallow detection with energy-dispersive area detectors is presented. The instrument is characterized with respect to energy resolution, linearity, angular discrimination and repeatability and the necessary data evaluation strategies are presented in detail. As demonstration of its capabilities and showcase for

Inverse production strives for a selective dismantling of industrial mass products at their end-of-life (EOL) with the goal to generate highly enriched fractions of valuable materials for subsequent tailored recovery procedures. Since in many cases there is only fragmentary or even no information available about the chemical composition of such EOL-products and their components, there is a need for