放射线同位素X射线荧光法用于锡矿的找矿勘探,在苏联、英国、澳大利亚、西德等国家都取得了良好效果.苏联的吉尔吉斯锡矿采用本方法后,每年节省费用30万卢布.地质部四川省地质局攀西地质大队某锡矿,1982年用轻便型X射线荧光仪在现场测量了岩芯及探槽中的锡样.原来地质取样582个,而X射线荧光法现场就地测量 The use of radioisotope X-ray fluorescence for prospecting of tin deposits has yielded good results in the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, West Germany and other countries. The Kyrgyz tin mine in the Soviet Union saves 300,000 rubles per year Ministry of Sichuan Geological Bureau Panxi Geological Brigade a tin mine, with portable X-ray fluorescence instrument in 1982 measured the core and the tin in the trenches.The original geological sampling of 582, and X-ray fluorescence on-site measuring