Fast, reliable elemental analysis—in the lab and field

 

We offer a wide range of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments designed to meet the needs of every industry. Our robust family of Thermo Scientific ARL XRF spectrometers provides fast, repeatable elemental analysis measurements with little to no sample preparation. The Thermo Scientific ARL QUANT’X EDXRF Spectrometer is a benchtop instrument that enables users to get compositional data on virtually any sample in minutes. Meanwhile, our line of ARL WDXRF Spectrometers can perform in simultaneous and/or sequential mode while providing the outstanding sensitivity and high resolution needed for the most demanding applications. 

 

Our WDXRF instruments can be automated to work without operator intervention and are integrated with software that provides rapid, high-quality sample analysis. We also offer handheld XRF analyzers for applications that require immediate feedback—such as identifying materials in the field or on the shop floor. 

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Read our brochure to find out how Thermo Scientific XRF technology can help you achieve rapid, non-destructive elemental analysis.


Laboratory XRF spectrometers

XRF is a routine solution for chemical analysis of metals, minerals, and other materials—and ARL XRF spectrometers rise to the challenge by delivering qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis for most elements of the periodic table at concentration levels from sub parts-per-million (ppm) to 100%. This easy-to-use, non-destructive technique requires little to no sample preparation, making it the go-to method for process control in today’s industrial and academic labs.


Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometers

With energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRFanalysis, the X-ray fluorescence energy spectrum of whole groups of elements is processed simultaneously using an energy dispersive detector. EDXRF can be used for both qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis. Our EDXRF spectrometers come in portable and compact laboratory-based formats and can accommodate samples of almost any shape and size.

 

ARL QUANT'X EDXRF Spectrometer

Get composition data on virtually any sample in minutes. The Thermo Scientific ARL QUANT'X EDXRF Spectrometer provides major, minor, and trace element quantification across the broadest range of samples, including bulk solids, granules, loose or pressed powders, fused beads, thin films, pastes, and liquids. 

Featuring standardless software and accessories, this complete benchtop EDXRF system meets the elemental analysis needs of central and contract laboratories, academic institutions as well as the environmental monitoring, chemicals, mining, forensics, food, cement, and metals industries.

  • Compact high-performance benchtop XRF for any type of material
  • Quantification of unknown samples with standardless software 
  • Versatile sample chamber for large samples and 10 or 20-position magazines

Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometers

With wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) analysis, the X-ray fluorescence signal from a sample is separated into individual wavelengths using crystals and a series of optical components. Our WDXRF spectrometers can perform in simultaneous mode, using a series of fixed channels, or in sequential mode, using a goniometer measuring the signals of different wavelengths. The spectral overlaps and background are minimized in WDXRF, facilitating the analysis of complex samples and improving limits of detection.

 

ARL OPTIM'X WDXRF Spectrometer ARL PERFORM’X WDXRF Spectrometer ARL 9900 WDXRF Spectrometer

Meet demanding materials analysis requirements with qualitative and quantitative characterization of all types of conductive and non-conductive unknown samples. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL OPTIM'X WDXRF Spectrometer provides all the benefits of WDXRF, one of the most versatile methods for elemental analysis of solids and liquids. The system is available in four preconfigured packages specifically suited for analysis in the petroleum, cement, and slags industries or for multi-purpose requirements in analytical laboratories.

  • Versatile WDXRF platform for routine analysis in process control and R&D labs
  • Combines simultaneous/sequential capabilities with small footprint
  • Turn-key solutions for petroleum, cement, slag and multi-purpose analysis                                                                             

 

 

 


Solve analytical challenges in a wide range of applications with one comprehensive tool.

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL PERFORM'X Sequential X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer for advanced materials characterization integrates bulk elemental analysis with mapping and small spot analysis to create a solution that evaluates elements from beryllium to americium in nearly any solid or liquid sample. 

 

Industries as diverse as metallurgy, petroleum, polymers, mining, glass, cement, and refractories as well as labs dealing with geochemistry, materials science, environmental research and forensics will benefit from its performance and versatility.

  • Dual sample loading and fastest goniometer for highest sample throughput
  • Comprehensive sequential WDXRF for up to 90 elements 
  • Small spot beam for inclusion and mapping analysis                                                     

 

Save money and achieve a high level of quality control in your industrial process with full simultaneous and sequential capabilities integrated into one instrument. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL 9900 Simultaneous-Sequential XRF Series can be equipped with the innovative SmartGonio goniometer for simple configurations or the universal goniometer. For more advanced, flexible analysis, while up to 24 monochromator fixed channels ensure rapid and simultaneous analysis to meet the demand for high precision in various industries like steel, copper, aluminum, cement, and mining.

  • Maximum reliability and durability for industrial process monitoring 
  • Fast and highly configurable WDXRF with optional integrated XRD system
  • Advanced robotic automation and results reporting 

 

 

 

 

 

ARL 9900 Total Cement Analyzer ARL 9900 DRI Analyzer ARL 9900 Pot Flux Analyzer


Achieve excellent process control and save fuel in your cement plant with both chemical and phase analysis in one simple operation. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL 9900 Total Cement Analyzer combines X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) technologies for a better and more complete characterization of any given crystalline sample.

 

Various compounds can be controlled like quartz in raw meal, hot meal, free lime in clinker, clinker phases, additions in cement, e.g. limestone, GBFS or pozzolan or even clinker content in cement. Clinker phase analysis ensures consistent clinker quality, which is the key to high-performance concrete.

  • Complete chemical and phase analysis in one instrument
  • Ensures consistent quality of cement and clinker
  • Reliable results with tube above sample preventing contamination                                                 

 

 

Designed for excellent process control in your direct reduced iron production process with both chemical and phase analysis in one simple operation. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL 9900 DRI Analyzer combines X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) technologies for a better and more complete characterization of any given crystalline sample. 

 

In the DRI/HBI processes various compounds can be controlled like the iron oxides and notably the FeO level, cementite, total iron and degree of metallization. This ensures consistent DRI quality which is key to a high-performance process.

  • Complete chemical and phase analysis in one instrument
  • Ensures consistent quality of DRI and HBI
  • Reliable results with tube above sample preventing contamination                                                                                                                                                         

 

Allows excellent process control in your aluminum electrolysis process with both chemical and phase analysis in one simple operation. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL 9900 Pot Flux Analyzer combines X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) technologies for a better and more complete characterization of any given crystalline sample. 

 

During the aluminum electrolysis process various compounds can be controlled like fluorite (CaF2), chiolite (excess AlF3), cryolite and corundum (α-Al2O3), total Ca and total Mg if needed. This ensures consistent electrolysis conditions, which are the key to a high-performance process.

  • Complete chemical and phase analysis in one instrument
  • Ensures consistent electrolysis performance
  • Reliable results with tube above sample preventing contamination                                                                                                                                                    

XRF spectrometer automation

The Thermo Scientific series of Sample Manipulation Systems (SMS) are designed to help industries achieve more in less time by increasing analysis speeds, enhancing the accuracy and repeatability of measurements, and reducing training and downtime due to turnover. These automation products range from entry-level systems to advanced XRF spectrometers with highly customizable features. 

 

ARL SMS-2300 Robotics-Based Automation for OES or XRF ARL SMS-3300 Automation for Single or Twin OES or XRF ARL SMS-3500 Automation for Twin OES or XRF ARL Automation for cement industry

Meet stringent steel specifications while increasing efficiency and lowering production costs. 

 

The Thermo Scientific ARL SMS-2300 Robotics-Based Automation for OES or XRF is an automated quality control solution to optimize your steel production operation. 

 

With the high-performance ARL SMS-2300 system, even the most complex samples are prepared and analyzed under reproducible conditions without operator intervention, so human variables and subjective factors are eliminated. The result is increased output, reliable results and reduced costs.

  • Automated quality control solution for optimizing steel production 
  • Complex samples prepared and analyzed without operator intervention
  • Designed for easy integration into fully automatic laboratories.                                                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive process control laboratory efficiencies in the metals, mining, and cement industries with the Thermo Scientific ARL SMS-3300 Automation for Single or Twin OES or XRF, a complete laboratory workflow automation solution. 

 

The automation of single or multiple spectrometers and preparation machines with the ARL SMS-3300 system offers reduced sample analysis cost, increased sample throughput, better reproducibility, and higher-quality results for users requiring more comprehensive and integrated automation solutions in the metals, mining and cement industries.

  • Drives process control laboratory efficiencies in the metals, mining, and cement industries
  • Designed for users requiring more comprehensive and integrated automation solutions
  • Tasks are performed in parallel; samples are prepared while other samples are introduced or analyzed.                                                                                                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive process control laboratory efficiencies in the metals and mining industries with the Thermo Scientific ARL SMS-3500 Automation for Twin OES or XRF, a complete laboratory workflow automation solution. 

 

Primary metals producers' laboratories typically run two fully duplicate and separate spectrometry lines to assure fast response times when several urgent samples must be processed at the same time. 

 

The ARL SMS-3500 system is an affordable alternative. The automation of multiple spectrometers and preparation machines with the ARL SMS-3500 system offers reduced sample analysis cost, increased sample throughput, better reproducibility, and higher-quality results for users requiring more comprehensive and integrated automation solutions in the metals and mining industries.

  • Drives process control laboratory efficiencies in the metals and mining industries
  • A complete laboratory workflow automation solution that automates multiple spectrometers and sample preparation machines.
  • Moves samples between the system components in seconds.                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

Control your clinker and cement production with efficiency while lowering costs. 

 

Both the Thermo Scientific ARL PERFORM'X sequential WDXRF spectrometer and Thermo Scientific ARL 9900 Total Cement Analyzer can be automated for unattended operation 24/7 resulting in high quality analysis results and time saving.  

 

Raw meal, clinker and cement are milled and pressed automatically and analyzed under reproducible conditions without operator intervention, so human variables and subjective factors are eliminated. The result is increased output, reliable results and reduced costs.

  • Automated quality control solution for optimizing cement production 
  • Samples prepared and analyzed without operator intervention
  • Designed for easy integration into fully automatic laboratories.                                                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SMS automation system selection guide

Software for XRF spectrometers

Our modern software for XRF spectrometers lets you carry out all your analysis jobs easily and quickly. The flexible and powerful Thermo Scientific OXSAS X-ray Fluorescence Analytical Software performs rapid, high-quality sample analysis using template-driven operations. Thermo Scientific UniQuant Software for Standardless XRF Analysis provides semi-quantitative to quantitative analysis of unknown samples using a powerful methodology based on fundamental parameters and proprietary algorithms for XRF data processing.

OXSAS X-Ray Fluorescence Analytical Software

Enhance your lab efficiency and productivity with a customizable software solution that operates with XRF spectrometers. 

Optional standardless quantitative analysis packages offer additional versatility for all laboratories that analyze a wide range of materials. This platform evolves to meet changing needs with up-to-date solutions throughout the instrument's lifetime.

  • Enhances your lab efficiency and productivity
  • Rapid and high-quality sample analysis using template-driven operations
  • Flexible and powerful XRF analytical software 

UniQuant Software for Standardless XRF Analysis

Successfully analyze unknown materials without internal standards or international reference materials with powerful standardless technology. 

Whether your samples are multi-element solids, pressed powders with or without binder, small samples on supporting film, liquids, or filter aerosol samples, UniQuant Software offers reliable elemental identification in minutes.

  • Analysis of unknown materials without standards
  • Semi-quantitative to quantitative analysis of unknown samples
  • Integrated in OXSAS analytical software

PetroilQuant™ Calibration Package 

Elemental quantification of petroleum products requires advanced analytical calibrations to achieve accurate results. The Thermo Scientific™ PetroilQuant™ Calibration Package is a comprehensive analytical package specifically designed for this challenge.

The PetroilQuant program facilitates quantitative analysis for up to 30 elements in automotive fuels, lubricants, heavy residual oils and wear metals in oils. Designed to work with a WDXRF spectrometer, the PetroilQuant Calibration Package is a cost effective solution for any laboratory dealing with petroleum products. 

  • Developed with built-in knowledge and expertise to help the analyst deal with a variety of petroleum samples in wide concentration ranges.
  • Further refinement or fine-tuning for specific elements is available from factory application experts prior to instrument shipment, or after installation with user's own standards.
  • Provides a “ready to run” analytical package for beginners as well as advanced users of Thermo Scientific XRF instruments.

Handheld XRF analyzers

Thermo Scientific handheld XRF analyzers are designed to help researchers achieve lab quality results virtually anywhere. Featuring a vivid display, advanced electronics, and robust performance, these analyzers improve quality assurance--whether it’s verifying metals and alloys during the manufacturing process, identifying heavy metals in polluted soils, or screening hazardous substances in consumer goods.

Niton XL5 Plus Handheld XRF Analyzer

Powered by X-ray fluorescence technology, the Thermo Scientific Niton XL5 Plus is the lightest, smallest, most powerful handheld XRF analyzer available for elemental determination. 

Part of the industry leading Niton family of products, the Niton XL5 Plus analyzer offers unmatched speed, performance, and productivity never seen in a handheld XRF analyzer – until now. 

  • The lightest, smallest, most powerful handheld XRF analyzer available for elemental determination
  • Features a 5W X-ray tube (the most powerful available), to generate lab quality results. 
  • Delivers optimum sensitivity for each measurement—even light elements.