Design for realizing an online element analysis

1. A device for realizing an online element analysis for a substance to be measured that is conveyed past or flows past a measuring station, said device comprising:

a conveying device for the substance to be measured; and

the measuring station, further comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray fluorescence detector having a radiation inlet,

wherein a first X-ray conductor extends from the radiation inlet of the X-ray fluorescence detector in a direction of the conveying device,

wherein a second X-ray conductor extends from the X-ray source in the direction of the conveying device,

wherein at least one of the first and the second X-ray conductor comprises at least one hollow tube,

wherein the at least one hollow tube comprises a plurality of hollow tubes and at least one of the plurality of hollow tubes is connected to a helium source and is flushed with helium,

wherein axes of the X-ray conductors are parallel to each other at ends of said X-ray conductors facing the conveying device.

2. A device for realizing an online element analysis for a substance to be measured that is conveyed past or flows past a measuring station, said device comprising:

a conveying device for the substance to be measured; and

the measuring station, further comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray fluorescence detector having a radiation inlet,

wherein a first X-ray conductor extends from the radiation inlet of the X-ray fluorescence detector in a direction of the conveying device,

further comprising a distance sensor for measuring a height of a sample surface,

wherein the distance sensor is a laser distance sensor,

wherein a waveguide is connected to the laser distance sensor to permit remote distance measurement,

wherein the waveguide forms a bundle together with the first X-ray conductor.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein a second X-ray conductor extends from the X-ray source in the direction of the conveying device.

4. The device according to claim 3 wherein at least one of the first and the second X-ray conductor comprises one or more hollow tubes.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one hollow tube is at least partly made of glass.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein at least one hollow tube is a glass capillary.

7. The device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the hollow tubes is provided with a window at an end thereof facing the conveying device.

8. The device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the hollow tubes is filled with hydrogen or helium.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein several first and several second X-ray conductors exist and are combined so as to create a matrix-type structure.

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein at least one second X-ray conductor and plural first X-ray conductors are provided, said plural first X-ray conductors arranged around the at least one second X-ray conductor, at least at an end of said at least one second X-ray conductor facing the conveying device.

11. The device according to claim 8 , wherein axes of the second X-ray conductor and the first X-ray conductor jointly enclose an acute angle in the direction of the conveying device.

12. The device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the hollow tubes is connected to a helium source and is flushed with helium.

13. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the first and the second X-ray conductors are combined in such a way that a bundle of at least two X-ray conductors is formed at ends of the X-ray conductors facing the conveying device.

14. A device for realizing an online element analysis for a substance to be measured that is conveyed past or flows past a measuring station, said device comprising:

a conveying device for the substance to be measured; and

the measuring station, further comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray fluorescence detector having a radiation inlet,

wherein a first X-ray conductor extends from the radiation inlet of the X-ray fluorescence detector in a direction of the conveying device,

wherein a second X-ray conductor extends from the X-ray source in the direction of the conveying device,

wherein at least one of the first and the second X-ray conductor comprises at least one hollow tube,

wherein axes of the X-ray conductors are parallel to each other at ends of said X-ray conductors facing the conveying device.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein at least one thermal shield is disposed between the X-ray fluorescence detector and the conveying device.

16. The device according to claim 14 , further comprising a distance sensor for measuring a height of a sample surface.

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the distance sensor is a laser distance sensor.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein a waveguide is connected to the laser distance sensor to permit remote distance measurement.

19. The device according to claim 14 , wherein an X-ray split lens for parallel alignment of X-rays is disposed in a beam path from the X-ray source.

20. The device according to claim 14 , Wherein a filter or a monochromatic element is arranged in a beam path from the X-ray source.

21. The device according to claim claim 20 , wherein the filter functions as a window.

22. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the first X-ray conductor and exciting radiation from the X-ray source are at a substantially equal angle relative to a sample surface.

23. The device according to claim 22 , wherein the substantially equal angle is a flat angle.

24. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the flat angle corresponds to a Brewster angle for radiation polarized by a polarizer.

25. The device according to claim 14 , wherein a polarizer is arranged in a beam path from the X-ray source.

26. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the measuring station is arranged on a traversing and/or pivoting carriage.