Spectro Analytical Instruments has added application packages for RoHS-compliance screening, environmental testing and mining applications to its Spectro Xsort handheld XRF instrument.
Spectro Xsort's original metal analysis capabilities have been expanded to include applications for RoHS compliance and lead screening as well as for examining soil in environmental testing and directly analysing ores, concentrates and tailings.
The Spectro Xsort weighs just 1.7kg and is an analytical instrument for rapid non-destructive XRF screening analyses.
In just a few seconds, it non-destructively analyses the content of all important elements between sulphur and uranium, contained in a sample.
The modern silicon drift detector (SDD) used in the Xsort processes signals up to ten-times faster than typical detectors used in handheld XRF instruments.
Dirk Wissmann, product manager for XRF instruments at Spectro, said: 'In the US, lead residues have recently been found again and again in toys, jewellery and cosmetics.
'Product recalls and high compensation claims are the result.' The Spectro Xsort is non-destructive and offers a high degree of analytical flexibility.
Fast environmental screening analyses are a second important application area for the Xsort.
It can test the elemental composition of soil or sludge or can test if an old telephone pole was treated with outdated and now illegal wood preservative.
Operation is easy: the user places the probe against the soil or sample, presses the trigger and, within just a few seconds, views the elemental contents on the integrated PDA display.
Small or thin samples can be examined using the optional docking station.
The Spectro Xsort is available with various configuration options for more accurate results and additional ease of use.
Options include large surface-area detectors for exact soil examination or an integrated GPS module that keeps a protocol of sampling locations when geologists analyse rock samples.
