Abstract
AbstractA rapid direct x-ray fluorescence (XRF) method has been developed for simultaneously determining brass composition and plating weight for brass -plated-steel tire cord wires. On a manual XRF instrument, a complete analysis can be done in ten minutes including calculations. A complete analysis can be done in only two or three minutes on a multi-channel Quantometer-type instrument. The method can easily be adapted to “on line” use.Analysis is done directly on the “as received wires. Sample preparation is simple and non-critical with no surface pre-treatment of any kind required. Sample weighing and dissolution of the brass plating are entirely eliminated. Wire samples may be either stranded or unstranded. Rather large variations in sample size can be tolerated because of the ratio-type calculation system used. Analytical precision is high.Calibration curves were established by wet chemical, atomic absorption, and solution-XRF methods. No serious calibration problems were encountered because the plating is an alloy, or because count data were taken from round, non-flat samples. Low impurity levels of iron in the brass plating are shown to have an insignificant effect on the plating weight calibration curve.
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