The Thermo Scientific NITON XL3t 900 series is second generation of NITON XL3t, high-performance, truly nondestructive handheld analyzer for light element analysis in alloy material. It provides fast, laboratory-quality chemical analysis of aluminum and titanium alloys, as well as nickel alloys, superalloys, stainless steels, and more.

NITON XL3t 900 Series analyzers provide many distinct advantages over traditional OES analysis:

• Very easy to use – even by non-technical personnel
• Little to no sample preparation
• Truly nondestructive test with rapid results

The need for material verification is an increasingly important issue across a wide range of industries. Specially engineered alloys that can better withstand the specific stresses and requirements of many different specialized applications are continually being developed. While both necessary and exciting, these new introductions, nonetheless, dramatically increase the complexity of material verification and QC testing needs.

Material inspection is intensely critical in certain industries such as aircraft and aerospace manufacturing, since human lives may depend on the proper performance of alloy components. A simple material mix-up on a commercial aircraft can prove disastrous. On a spacecraft or commercial satellite, it can mean millions of dollars and years of effort wasted. For a scrap recycling facility, misidentified material can result in a returned load and a loss of consumer confidence.

Thermo Scientific NITON XRF analyzers are designed to quickly and reliably provide accurate alloy material verification, and have become the worldwide standard for material analysis in industries ranging from primary metal production to scrap metal recycling. They provide immediate nondestructive chemical analysis of alloy materials from titanium to nickel superalloys, from castings to fasteners, dip switches to scrap cuttings and turnings, incoming raw materials to final product QC. Further, they also supply fast, nondestructive analysis of high-temp nickel and stainless steel, as well as screening for the presence of prohibited materials such as tin (Sn), selenium (Se), cadmium (Cd), and zinc (Zn) in spacecraft applications, and lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), Cd, bromine (Br), and mercury (Hg) for RoHS compliance.

The new NITON XL3t 900 Series instrument takes the analytical capabilities of handheld XRF to a higher level, continuing to fill the void for inspectors or scrap metal sorters who once were forced to turn away from the convenience of handheld XRF to Optical Emission Spectroscopic (OES) instrumentation for light element analysis. Best of all, the nondestructive nature of the XRF technique allows testing of finished or sensitive parts without concern.

Features :

• High sensitivity and measurement accuracy.
• Lower detection limits for higher-Z elements, with additional elements Mg, Al, Si and P via helium purge.
• Standard analytical range: 25 elements from S to U.
• Optional CCD camera for visually identifying and recording images of samples.
• A user-selectable 3mm small spot to locate areas of interest on a sample.
• Flip-up, color, touch-screen display.
• Ergonomic design.
• Easy-to-use software.
• 50 kV x-ray tube provides approximately twice the x-ray flux of a 40 kV x-ray tube.
• Hotfoot hot surface adaptor allows testing in petrochemical refineries up to 842°F (450°C).

Connectivity :

• Standard Thermo Scientific™ Niton Data Transfer (NDT™) PC software suite allows you to set operator permissions, generate custom reports, print certificates of analysis, or remotely monitor, and operate the instrument hands-free from your PC.
• Integrated USB and Bluetooth™ communications provide direct data transfer to your PC or networked storage device. Optional accessories include Bluetooth barcode reader, Bluetooth printer, and Bluetooth GPS.

Thermo Scientific portable analyzers can be used in the exploration and mining of a wide variety of base metals, precious metals, rare earth elements, mineral fuels, industrial minerals, and gas-bearing strata samples.

Exploration
Portable XRF analyzers provide fast acquisition of geochemical data for rapid delineation of ore boundaries and the in-depth, quantitative analysis of metal concentrations for mine mapping. Lead times are reduced, which can be critical if the exploration season is short.

• Early stage exploration: soil survey and outcrop evaluation
• Advanced exploration and drilling: trend analysis to identify decreasing or increasing pattern of elements of interest which can help to make “continue” or “stop” drilling decisions on-site, saving time and money
• Ore deposit modeling/mapping

Quarry Operations
Quickly obtaining accurate exploration assay data to guide mining operations is one of the biggest obstacles to optimal productivity. Portable XRF analyzers allow users to bring the lab to the field, avoiding lab turn around delays and costs. The ability to rapidly acquire and send XRF data to quarry laboratory and operations management personnel allows for easy collaboration and informed decisions.

• General-purpose mine site analyzer
• Provides an analytical alternative to busy labs
• Reduce number of samples sent to the lab and send only pre-screened samples

Production and Mineral Processing
Fast, laboratory-grade sample analysis is made simple: test your samples on site with little or no sample preparation. Achieve the accuracy needed to provide defensible data for process control, quality assurance, and other operational decisions.

• Grade control
• Delineate ore and waste boundaries
• Ore trading
• Concentrate measurement

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Portable XRF analyzers are valuable for upstream exploration and production, offering rapid, on-site chemical analysis of rocks, cuttings, and cores that can be used for identifying formations and determining mineral composition of the rock. Users can infer mineralogical properties favorable to oil and gas production from data collected in real-time. Niton FXL analyzers are ideal for light element and trace metal analysis required for gas shale applications.

• Advanced exploration and drilling
• Mud logging
• Mineralogy and lithology inference
• Chemostratigraphy

Industrial Minerals
Portable XRF analyzers are an emerging instrument of choice for in-quarry exploration and evaluating the composition of raw materials such as phosphate, potash, gypsum, and limestone for industrial use.

• Ideal for determining penalty elements in limestone, Fe ore, and bauxite
• Blending and sorting of raw materials
• Instantly flag grade, sub-grade, and waste, and prevent taking ore to the waste heap

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