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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.
CSi: Carbon and silicon in a handheld LIBS
The world’s first carbon-only handheld LIBS analyzer. SciAps CSi (measuring carbon + silicon) is a high-performance handheld instrument that measures carbon content in steels and L and H grade stainless. It's the economical companion for XRF users who need to add carbon data to their analysis.
PMI User's Guide: Pro Tips to Improve Your Performance
Paul Lawrence of PMI Concepts has been performing PMI work, and training and certifying inspectors, for over 10 years. Here, he offers some key tips to improve your performance and get the most out of your instrument.
Activating new business with handheld LIBS
Researchers around the world have been exploring an array of diverse applications for HH LIBS creating new business opportunities.
PMI Support and Consulting - From an Industry Expert
SciAps is proud to be the exclusive sponsor for PMI support and consulting time with Paul Lawrence of PMI Concepts.
Have LIBS, will travel
Conservation scientist at Yale shares experience with LIBS analyzers and SciAps customer service.
Carbon and PMI introduction video with Z-200C+ and X-550
LIBS demo on L-grade stainless steel & carbon steels
Breakthrough performance for scrap sorting
Many of the people who created SciAps were the founders and employees at Niton and InnovX (now Thermo Fisher Scientific and Olympus). Most people don't know that we've been in the business of handheld sorting from the beginning. In fact, we helped to develop the world’s first handheld XRF in the mid 1990s, and then right after 9/11, we developed the world’s first XRF gun with an X-ray tube instead of a radioactive source.
Tube-end alloy analysis with HH LIBS
When James Terrell of SciAps arrived at a customer location to train the team on how to use LIBS for testing Low Re material, no one was expecting that the day would produce a groundbreaking solution using SciAps Z-200 C+.
Soil nutrient detection for precision agriculture with handheld LIBS
A new study using SciAps Z-300 LIBS shows handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy to be a promising sensor technique for the in-field determination of various soil parameters. The key to this new approach is moving LIBS out of the lab and to the work site. Read our interview with one of the German researchers advancing agricultural analysis.
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.
Quality NDT: Which handheld test is best?
Handheld XRF, spark OES, and handheld LIBS analyzers are all commonly used to determine fast, accurate, and reliable analysis. James Terrell of SciAps discusses each technology's differences and limitations, and provides a needs-based chart to help companies decide which analyzer is best for them.
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.
Measuring Elements in Tea with Handheld LIBS
The GGC team tested five popular tea brands to quantitatively determine the amount of both beneficial and contaminant elements in tea commonly available in supermarkets. Since tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world, the GGC team hopes to provide solid advice on the amount of tea that one should drink every day.
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.
First Gas uses SciAps LIBS for CE in pipeline repairs
Analyses of CRMs before and after the pipeline measurements shows excellent consistency with their respective data sheets. This indicates that the LIBS calibration is accurate and that the calibration is not drifting during the measurement period.