ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 31, Number 1
JKCSEZ 31(1)
February 20, 1987 

Rare earth elements including Y and Th in the monazite were separated and determined by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The matrix effects among the rare earth elements were simultaneously corrected by means of empirical coefficient method. The values of the coefficients were quite dependent on the number of the standards. However, the different set of coefficients led to the same results. The analytical results corrected by the present method agreed with those by the inductively coupled plasma spectrometry.