While at Pittcon 2015, PANalytical launched the Zetium spectrometer - a system that features up to three complementary technologies on one multi-functional X-ray fluorescence (XRF) platform.
There are five specific industry editions: Cement, Polymers, Petro, Metals and Minerals, as well as an ’Ultimate’ edition.
Each is available with a choice of four enhanced performance packages for: improved speed and throughput, performance enhancement, robustness and uptime, and flexibility.
The Zetium’s measurement platform holds both wavelength dispersive (WD) and energy dispersive (ED) cores integrated by SumXcore technology in one instrument.
SumXcore is the software and hardware at the heart of Zetium, integrating the system’s cores to deliver advanced performance coupled with maximum task flexibility.
Zetium can also be designed to include a small spot analysis tool for fast element distribution mapping, and the company’s innovative THETA free lime channel for dedicated cement applications.
This combination of technologies not only matches the traditional needs of XRF users, but also offers a range of new possibilities.
For example, measuring ED XRF and WD XRF simultaneously collects all the data on a sample in one run, cutting experimental time in half compared to running two sequential analyses.
For industry-specific challenges such as those found in cement production, the ability to make traditional XRF measurements and assess free lime in the same system delivers clear advantages, PANalytical said.
“Zetium offers a unique combination of possibilities that put it in a class of its own for analytical power, speed and task flexibility,” said Simon Milner, product marketing manager for XRF, PANalytical.
“And the system has been designed from the ground up to allow customers to take full advantage of all our innovations. Zetium is a great demonstration of PANalytical’s philosophy of elemental excellence - our focus is firmly on providing the best tools to help our users excel within their businesses.”
