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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Environmental”

In-field chemistry everywhere with handheld LIBS

Diggity August 31, 2021 Academic, Environmental, Geochemistry, LIBS

Russell Harmon, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor, Department of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Russell Harmon: A vision for the future of LIBS SciAps debuted the world’s first truly portable handheld only a few years ago, but ...

What’s a little heatwave?

rickpick August 2, 2021 Environmental, News & Press, XRF

What’s a little heatwave? About an hour out of every day seeking shade for my XRF gun - but not anymore. Don’t sweat the field work. The SciAps X-555 Environmental analyzer is designed to work in tough conditions, even hot ...

Investigation of handheld LIBS in terms of heavy metal detection in contaminated soil

Diggity July 1, 2021 Academic, Environmental, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Study presented to Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Continental Environments, September 2020. Authors: Mehran Movahedrad, LafargeHolcim, Lyon, France; Cécile Fabre, University of Lorraine SciAps LIBS was used to perform heavy metals analysis in contaminated soil. Handheld LIBS simplifies the necessary qualitative and ...

SciAps X-555: Don’t sweat the field work

Diggity June 23, 2021 Environmental, News & Press, XRF

The X-555 doesn’t make compromises. It doesn’t compromise size for stability or heat dissipation. It doesn’t compromise speed for detection limits.Tim Johnson, SciAps business development for restricted substances and regulatory markets While soils regulations have been in play for decades, ...

LIBS test method for fluorine in food packaging

Diggity June 21, 2021 ApNote, Environmental, LIBS, News & Press

Field-portable handheld LIBS analyzers have expanded potential applications for in situ elemental analysis. They allow for rapid screening and quantification of any element in almost any matrix type. Since the 1940s, PFAS have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around ...

Introducing: In-field Environmental Metals

Diggity June 15, 2021 Environmental

SciAps handheld analyzers offer fast, optimal performance with true field portability NEWS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 16, 2021 SciAps, Inc., a Boston-based company specializing in handheld analytical instrumentation, is pleased to introduce two new analyzers that provide ...