Patent 10082475 was granted and assigned to Rigaku on September, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A scanning-type X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a quantitative analysis condition setting unit configured to determine whether or not to add, as an analytical element, a new detected element other than preset sample constituting elements, from an absorption-enhancement effect degree of fluorescent X-rays on an analytical value of an analytical element and an overlapping effect degree by an interfering line on an analytical line of the analytical element, on the basis of qualitative analysis results and semi-quantitative analysis results of standard samples.