This application note focuses on the analysis of heavy-metals, by Epsilon 5, in biological materials including vegetation, animal products and human hair.
The chemical analysis of biological samples is an important measure of both human and environmental health. For the most part, this type of analysis has been done by wet-chemical, destructive techniques and essentially ignored by the field of XRF. However, the XRF technique provides high accuracy and precision with excellent detection limits (0.2 – 1 mg/kg).
