Chapter No.       Primary Author                 Contact Authors               Chapter Title 1             Kanishka Rawat                Kanishka Rawat X-ray Fluorescence and Comparison with Other Analytical Methods (AAS, ICP-AES, LA-ICP-MS, IC, LIBS, SEM-EDS, and XRD) 2             Eva Marguí                         Eva Marguí          X-ray Fluorescence for Multi-elemental Analysis of Vegetation Samples 3             А.G. Revenko                    А.G. Revenko     X-ray Fluorescence Studies of Tea and Coffee 4             Nand Lal Mishra                              Nand Lal Mishra               Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Biological Samples  5             Changling Lao                   Changling Lao    Micro X-ray Fluorescence and X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Analysis of Heavy Metals in Microorganism 6             Yeasmin Nahar Jolly                       Yeasmin Nahar Jolly        Use of Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence for Clinical Diagnosis 7             Nuray Kup Aylikci                            Nuray Kup Aylikci             Preparation of Sample for X-ray Fluorescence Analysis 8             M.K. Tiwari                        M.K. Tiwari         Elemental Analysis Using Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence 9             KatarinaVogel Mikuš                      KatarinaVogel Mikuš       Synchrotron Radiation Based Micro X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Plant Materials 10           Jian Liu                 Jian Liu  Micro X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Toxic Elements in Plants 11           Jing Yuan                            Jing Yuan             Micro X-ray Fluorescence Studies of Earthworm (Benthonic fauna) in Soils and Sediments 12           V.A.Trunova                       V.A.Trunova        Synchronous Radiation X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Microelements in Biopsy Tissues 13           Nand Lal Mishra                              Nand Lal Mishra               Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Marine Organisms, Blood, Oral Fluids, Hairs, Nails, Kidney Stones, Urine and Cancerous Tissues   14           M.K. Tiwari                        M.K. Tiwari         Recent Developments in X-ray Fluorescence for Characterization of Nano-Structured Materials 15           Artem S. Maltsev                             Artem S. Maltsev              Total-Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 16           Tsenddavaa Amartaivan                              Tsenddavaa Amartaivan               Trace Elements Analysis of Blood Samples and Serum using Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence 17           Navgeet Kaur                    Navgeet Kaur     Basics and Fundamentals of X-rays 18           Rakesh K. Sindhu                             Rakesh K. Sindhu              General Principle, Procedures and Detectors of X-ray Fluorescence  19           Neslihan Ekinci                 Neslihan Ekinci  Quantitative Analysis in X-ray Fluorescence System 20           Marco Carminati                             Marco Carminati              Electronics and Instrumentation for X-ray Fluorescence 21           Marijan Nečemer                            Katarina Vogel-Mikuš      Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Biological Materials 22           Galina Pashkova                              Artem S. Maltsev              X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Milk and Dairy Products 23           E.V. Chuparina                  E.V. Chuparina   X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Medicinal Plants 24           Neera Yadav                      Neera Yadav       X-ray Fluorescence Studies of Animal and Human Cell Biology 25           Kamya Goyal                     Anju Goyal          Toxic and Essential Elemental Studies of Human Organs using X-ray Fluorescence 26           Hiroshi Yoshii                    Hiroshi Yoshii     X-ray Fluorescence for Rapid Detection of Uranium in Blood Extracted from Wounds 27           D. Bolortuya                      D. Bolortuya       X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Human Hair 28           Vivek K. Singh                   Vivek K. Singh    X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry to Study Gallstones, Kidney Stones, Hair, Nails, Bones, Teeth and Cancerous Tissues 29           Dra. Mónica Orduña Cordero                     Dra. Mónica Orduña Cordero      Sampling and Sample Preparation for Chemical Analysis of Plants by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence 30           Harinderjit Singh                             Harinderjit Singh              X-ray Fluorescence Analysis in Medical Biology 31           А.G. Revenko                    А.G. Revenko     X-ray Fluorescence Analysis in Pharmacology 32           Héctor Jorge Sánchez                    Héctor Jorge Sánchez     X-ray Fluorescence and State-of-the-Art Related Techniques to the Study of Teeth, Tartar and Oral Tissues 33           Harpreet Singh Kainth                    Harpreet Singh Kainth     Recent Advances in Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Techniques 34           Vitaly Panchuk                  Dmitry Kirsanov Chemometric Processing of X-ray Fluorescence Data 35           Shilpa Chakrabarti                           Neera Yadav       X-ray Crystallography in Medicinal Biology 36           Kanishka Rawat                Kanishka Rawat Historical Fundamentals of X-ray Instruments and Present Trends in Biological Science 37           P.  Zuzaan                           D. Bolortuya       X-ray Fluorescence Studies of Biological Objects in Mongolia 38           Jun Kawai                           Jun Kawai            Arsenic Analysis 39           Rakesh K. Sindhu                             Rakesh K. Sindhu              X-ray Fluorescence: Current Trends and Future Scope

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