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Explore insights, applications, and stories from the field using handheld XRF, LIBS, VisNIR, and portable benchtop analyzers across scrap recycling, mining, geochemistry, forensics, and more.
Expanding Global Soil Management with SciAps Handheld LIBS
Over the past four years, Dr. Daniel Riebe from the University of Potsdam, Germany, has been working in a scientific field far from his background in physical chemistry. Riebe is part of a long-term, government-funded project which will help shape the future of food and farming: working with LIBS to analyze soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy.
The Periodic Table – Measured with a Handheld
Measure virtually every element, in almost any material, with a handheld analyzer. That’s the power of the SciAps Z handheld LIBS system.
Technical Note: Handheld LIBS Provides a Fast and Easy Method to Trace Gold
A new study published as a Technical Note in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) demonstrates LIBS as a fast and easy method to trace gold provenance, a previously difficult but necessary task to ensure a responsible supply chain from deposit to consumer.
SciAps XRF and LIBS Serving Every Industry
Analyzers for every application in every industry.
Measuring Lead in Tap Water with Handheld XRF
Notre Dame's Dr. Lieberman uses SciAps HH XRF analyzer to test lead in tap water with students.
Handheld LIBS for Geological Field Research
Researchers recently used SciAps handheld LIBS Z-300 in a lunar analog simulation that will be a resource for future missions to the moon.
Handheld LIBS Academic Loaner: Conflict Minerals
Nancy McMillan used the SciAps HH LIBS to teach a group of middle and high school students how to identify conflict minerals for the Museum of Nature and Science in Las Cruces.
LIBS as an Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration
A just-released publication in Minerals, in special issue Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration, the authors demonstrate how LIBS is ideally suited for field exploration programs that would benefit from rapid chemical analysis under ambient environmental conditions.
Z-300 for geochem on Earth and beyond
The SciAps LIBS Z-300 will be used in a lunar analog simulation mission with the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration and the University of Western Ontario from August 5 through August 19. The simulation is funded by the Canadian Space Agency and will be used as a resource for future missions to the moon.
Reduce Your Argon Footprint
SciAps HH LIBS analyzer for carbon testing uses a tiny argon cartridge. It costs pennies per test, and argon is available virtually anywhere on the planet.
Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Uranium Using Handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
In Applied Spectroscopy, Ben Manard and his Los Alamos National Laboratory colleagues use SciAps HH LIBS to quantify levels of REE in a uranium oxide matrix. Los Alamos personnel need a method to perform rapid chemical analysis in a nuclear facility.