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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.
SciAps LIBS: A game-changer for handheld carbon analysis
David Sear reports that the SciAps team successfully resolved three important challenges. SciAps Z-200 C+ uses a battery operated laser that is small but powerful; a spectrometer that is small but accurate; and an on-board argon canister that is small but effective.
PMI Challenges? SciAps XRF Apps Are Ready To Go
Measure chemistry precisely with SciAps Apps. There's no fiddling with settings to get quality test results.
SciAps Alternative to TSI ChemLite and ChemLite + LIBS Analyzers
After extensive side-by-side testing, we’re pleased to announce the Z-50, the SciAps handheld LIBS that offers fast, quantitative testing results WITHOUT argon purge.
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.
SciAps Debuts Next Generation XRF Gun
SciAps sets a new performance standard for handheld XRF. Weighing 2.8 lbs. (1.3 kg) with battery, the X-550 is the lightest, fastest, most articulate X-ray analyzer ever made.
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.
SciAps innovation featured in Recycling Today Global
SciAps CEO Don Sackett spoke with Recycling Today Global on innovations and trends in handheld metal sorting technology, including the increasing interest in using LIBS analyzers to measure what he calls contaminant elements, including lithium in aluminum scrap and carbon content in steel.
LIBS Tests
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.