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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.
Making a case for handheld LIBS in mineral exploration
Dr. Fabre and her team use handheld LIBS for the rapid analysis of specific minerals on samples taken from the field, usually before any other expensive analysis, to detect the presence of elements such as metals.
SciAps CTO Dave Day in 'Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry'
CTO Dave Day has contributed a chapter on handheld LIBS to "Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, Volume 1, Technologies and Instrumentation," with editors Richard A. Crocombe, Pauline E. Leary, and Brooke W. Kammrath, published by Wiley."Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One" is both an overview of the miniature technologies used in spectrometry and an authoritative guide to the specific instruments employed in a wide range of disciplines.
Profile Builder with Opti-Cal
Adding SciAps Profile Builder software to your SciAps XRF and LIBS analyzers will, in essence, double your instrumentation. Take advantage of the ease and portability of handheld analyzers for your field work, then use those same analyzers in conjunction with Profile Builder software on your tablet or PC to gain powerful benchtop functionality for your lab work.
SciAps Test Station for lab, field, and field-lab
The XRF Test Station is designed for reliability, durability and safety, complete with interlocked lid for your protection and a super stable base to keep your samples positioned correctly regardless of what’s going on around you. Integrated fans to keep the analyzer cool even at the most extreme duty cycles and environments. For lab and field-lab environments.
X-550 falls 35 feet - and still testing!
XRF analyzer falls from 35-foot tower and still works!
X-550 for Geochemistry
The SciAps X-550 is the new premium handheld XRF for the geochemistry industry. Weighing only 2.8 lbs. with battery, it's the lightest, fastest and most powerful handheld XRF on the market today.
SciAps premium XRF passes 275 lbs. Oops Test
Some companies do drop tests on their analyzers. We just so happened to discover an "oops test" with ours. How many analyzers do you know would continue working after a 275 lb. weight dropped on it? Only the SciAps X-550 is this durable!
SciAps LIBS for Petrography with Gerard Moulzolf
Moulzolf, who grew up with geology as the son of a taconite miner, was lucky enough to get involved with American Engineering Testing just as they were putting together a world-class laboratory for petrography. One of the tools Moulzolf added to the laboratory was the SciAps Z-300 LIBS handheld elemental analyzer.
Find your treasure with handheld XRF and handheld LIBS
Use handheld XRF & LIBS analyzers for element identification and find your treasure, just like they did on the History Channel.
NASA relies on the science of SciAps Z
Preparing to explore the surface of the moon requires the best available science. In their training, NASA astronauts use the SciAps LIBS handheld analyzer in unique areas on Earth to simulate the geology they may find on the moon. They spend countless hours in practice in volcanic landscapes and other places that are analogous to the lunar surface to train them on the scale and fidelity of science. Watch the 2020 NASA video to see the SciAps Z in action.
Handheld LIBS used to measure beryllium in nuclear waste
The Difficult Waste Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, contractor to the United States Department of Energy, recently demonstrated the use of handheld LIBS analyzers in elemental characterization of radioactive wastes.
Going for Gold with SciAps XRF
If you're going for gold mining and exploration, discover the SciAps X Series. Industry-Leading Performance for Critical Gold Pathfinders: Cu, As, Ag, Sb.
Optimisation of fast quantification of fluorine content using handheld LIBS
LIBS provides a multi-element detection that has been successfully used to quantify fluorine using either elementary or CaF molecular bands.
Need economical geochemistry? Use SciAps handheld apps
SciAps apps-based analyzers are ready to go for critical geochemistry applications. Take advantage of our Android operating system and the apps-based smartphone culture that everyone knows, including real-time data exporting, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. When you fire up the X or Z, you simply choose the type of work you want to do. Each app is pre-configured and optimized for your application, or use our Profile Builder desktop software to customize local calibrations and methods.
The World’s First Handheld for Key Element Carbon
The SciAps Z is the world’s only handheld analyzer that measures carbon across every use: finding total organic carbon (TOC) in soils, identifying preg-robbing potential in gold mining, and establishing carbon and carbon equivalents in alloys, particularly for L-grade stainless steel for pharma operations.
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.