Patent 10161889 was granted and assigned to Rigaku on December, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A quantitative analysis condition setting unit (13) included in a sequential X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention: performs qualitative analyses of a plurality of standard samples (14); sets, on the basis of the qualitative analysis results, a peak measurement angle of each measurement line for analytical samples (1) in quantitative analysis conditions; and obtains a single virtual profile by synthesizing peak profiles of the plurality of standard samples (14) subjected to the qualitative analyses and sets, on the basis of the virtual profile and a preset half value width of the peak profile, background measurement angles of each measurement line for the analytical samples (1) in the quantitative analysis conditions.