Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Thermo Electron Adds Helium Purging to XRF NITON Analyzer

A hand-held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) NITON analyzer is equipped with a helium purging mechanism for direct analysis of “light elements.” The analyzers provide immediate chemical analysis of alloys, electronic materials, coatings, plastics and more.

NITON XLt 898He system has the added ability to quantitatively analyze the elements Mg, Al, Si, and P in most alloy materials. Now, field sorters and inspectors are capable of light element sorting and light alloy chemistries, both non-destructively and on-site.

Thousands of added alloy grades can now be determined with the single hand-held, non-destructive alloy analyzer. Trade-ins are available for current NITON alloy analyzer users.

For recycle applications, alloy sorters can determine directly aluminum alloys, Al in titanium alloys and Al/Si in bronzes. For industrial applications, the non-destructive nature of the XRF technique allows testing of finished or sensitive parts.

Thermo Electron Corp., thermo.com