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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.
Measuring carbon in CRAs with a handheld analyzer
Measure carbon content and other alloying elements in stainless steels and other corrosion-resistant alloys (CRAs) with SciAps HH LIBS analyzers.
Handheld LIBS for NDT: Breakthrough Technology for Fabricators
Almost every major pipeline owner/operator now either uses handheld LIBS for NDT for verifying their materials or requires their non-destructive (NDT) testing contractors to use it. Almost every major refinery uses one for carbon testing, as do the inspection companies that support their PMI/NDT programs. Our guest blog in Fabricating and Metalworking explains why.
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New Handheld for Carbon, CE in Steels and Carbon in L-grade Stainless. Measure Carbon as Part of Residuals in HF Alkylation Units
Aluminum Sorting with X-ray or LIBS? SciAps has the answers
HH XRF is the better choice for most aluminum alloys. HH LIBS to confirm presence of Li in Al alloys and Be in copper alloys.
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Operators previously either used spark OES technology or hired a third-party testing company to bring the OES with them. Now you can measure carbon in steels with a handheld analyzer.
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.
In-field carbon analysis to determine preg-robbing in gold
HH LIBS used to determine preg-robbing in gold
Pipeline industry study shows handheld SciAps LIBS can beat spark OES for carbon and CE
The gas pipeline industry and a highly reputed testing laboratory recently completed a blind study to evaluate the performance of the SciAps handheld LIBS, traditional spark OES, and filings versus the "gold standard" of laboratory analysis on cut pipe sections.
SciAps True Demo Stories, Episode 8: Weld Inspection on Sydney Harbour Bridge
HH LIBS quantifies carbon & CE, faster & lighter compared to OES, and weather is not a problem.
Handheld LIBS Applications Continue Rapid Expansion
University researchers continue to find novel applications for SciAps handheld LIBS.
Handheld Analyzer, Pipeline App OK'd for "In Ditch" Carbon, Carbon Equivalents Tests of Materials and Welds
Most major pipeline operators will now accept carbon, CE test data from the SciAps HH LIBS as an alternative to spark OES.
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.
SciAps True Demo Stories, Episode 7: Getting Into the Swing
In windy locations, the wind blows away the argon purge from spark OES, thus degrading the results. Our HH LIBS analyzer fires a pulsed laser at the material to create a plasma. With the combination of fast laser and reduced argon, wind is no problem.
ApNote: Carbon Equivalents Measurement with Handheld LIBS
The SciAps Z has demonstrated the ability to measure carbon equivalents, as well as carbon content in low alloy and carbon steels.
ApNote: Carbon Analysis in Stainless and Carbon Steels with Handheld LIBS
The SciAps Z-200 or Z-300 are handheld LIBS analyzers that now offer carbon concentration measurements in carbon steels, cast irons and stainless.