Quality Assurance of X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Airborne Particulate Matter

The IAEA Technical Cooperation Program has implemented Regional Projects aiming at identifying the major sources of air pollution and their inventories, as well as the transboundary transport of airborne particulate matter (APM) across the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The pollution sources are identified from the results of analytical characterization of the APMThis course aims at providing an introduction to the APM relevance in air pollution, recommendations for implementing different options of XRF procedures, as well as to achieve a proper method validation and to implement quality control programs in these analytical practices.This course is addressed to specialists and managers of laboratory facilities performing or willing to incorporate XRF into the analysis of APM samples.