This thoroughly revised and updated Second Edition of an incomparable hands-on reference covers every important aspect of x-ray spectrometry - from basic principles to the selection of instrument parameters and sample preparation. With over 1100 equations, figures, tables and bibliographic citations, Quantitative X-ray Spectrometry, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for spectroscopists, analytical chemists, materials scientists, experimental physicists, mineralogists, biologists, geologists, and graduate-level and continuing-education students in these disciplines.