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This Special Session addresses topics related to the latest advances in spectroscopy and spectral imaging covering their applications across diverse fields such ãs industry, biomedical sciences, environmental monitoring, and cultural heritage and materials science, among others. We will focus on novel instrumentation development, data analysis techniques, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cutting-edge research highlighting the potential of spectral imaging and spectroscopy to see beyond what our eyes can see.

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Advances in Laboratory X-ray Spectroscopy: Instrumentation Components and Potential Applications to Different Scientific Fields

Ignasi Queralt Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish National Scientific Council Spain

Brief Bio
Ignasi Queralt is Research Scientist at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) of the Spanish National Scientific Council (CSIC, Spain) since 1990. His research projects activities were mainly focused on environmental issues related with the presence, analysis and implications of heavy metals, existing in natural raw materials and the environmental impact of mining wastes. Since joining the CSIC has been responsible of geochemical analytical laboratories using all kind of instrumentation for direct analysis of solids, especially in X-ray analytical techniques both in molecular (X-ray diffraction) and atomic (X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy, but also in gamma analysis for determination of radionuclides of environmental interest (Cs-137, Pb-210). He is a founding member of the European X-Ray Analytical Association (EXSA). Also collaborated with outstanding analytical companies for the development of new analytical applications, by non-destructive techniques, mainly in the environmental field, but also in Cultural Heritage materials characterization. Co-author of near 200 publications, including book chapters and technical report.

Abstract
X-rays are electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 10⁻¹¹ and 10⁻⁸m, corresponding to energies between 100 keV and 100 eV. Due to their short wavelength (comparable to the size of atoms) and high energy, they can penetrate tens to hundreds of micrometers into most materials and give rise to a number of physical phenomena that allow the determination of both their chemical features and structural data.
X-ray based techniques and the instrumentation advanced dramatically over the last two decades. Evolution of X-ray sources, development of more sensitive and efficient detection devices and improvement in the software for treatment of spectral data, open new possibilities in many different scientific fields
The use of X-ray based techniques has expanded into a wide variety of scientific disciplines. These include the materials sciences, including metallurgy and advanced technological compounds; the environmental sciences, such as soil and water chemistry, study of pollution in the water-soil-biota chemical transfer. The possibility to perform noninvasive or non-destructive chemical or structural analysis is an essential asset for its use in forensic sciences investigations and the study of objects belonging to the Cultural Heritage.
This presentation will review the evolution of X-ray analytical systems and their components, with their possible applications to different materials. Likewise, some research cases will be presented in the field of forensic sciences, study of cultural heritage objects as well as in environmental or industrial applications.

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