x-ray spectrometry

American  

noun

1. the use of an x-ray spectrometer.

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Example Sentences

The most sophisticated and expensive purity testing method involves the use of x-ray spectrometry.

From Encyclopedia.com

Nash’s team then pulverized half of the Phillips core and ran it through a gantlet of chemical analyses that return a much higher resolution signature than x-ray spectrometry can provide.

From Science Magazine

In its short active time Philae managed to operate all of its science instruments—it analyzed the chemical makeup of gas around the comet, captured x-ray spectrometry, imaged the surface and measured temperature and magnetic properties there, among other accomplishments.

From Scientific American

And not only do you want to read every word, but you find yourself relishing terms such as dendrochronology, Raman microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry.

From The Guardian