Analytical Sciences

Analysis of Single Synthetic Fibers Using a Portable Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

Yawara SENGOKU,* Yoshie TOKUOKA,* Hibiki KOMATSU,** Yoshinori NISHIWAKI,*** and Shinsuke KUNIMURA*

*Department of Industrial Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
**TOSA Innovative Human Development Programs, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
***Division of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi 780-8520, Japan

In this study, single synthetic fibers obtained from several textile products were analyzed by a portable total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Characteristic elements, which would originate from such materials as catalysts, delustering agents, and dyes used for manufacturing synthetic fibers, were detected from single synthetic fiber samples, and the difference in the types of characteristic elements among the single synthetic fiber samples was observed.

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