Optical Emission Spectrometry Applications

Our OES analyzers are designed for fast, high-performance elemental analysis of iron samples across multiple stages of the metallurgical production process.

We work in partnership with the steel industry to face the increasing demand for clean and ultraclean steel with improved mechanical properties. Addressing these market demands means helping steel producers streamline operations, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve quality control to keep you competitive.

Quality analysis is essential to your aluminum and other non-ferrous metal products. The Thermo Scientific ARL iSpark Plus, the latest series of high-performance OES spectrometers, fully embraces the virtues of optical emission and addresses the quality requirements of all the market segments. Configured with PMTs, it allows superior performance to detect critical traces, highest precision and accuracy from ppm to percent levels and even ultra-fast methods to evaluate micro-inclusions. Indeed, ARL iSpark Plus series is the solution to produce reliable quality aluminum products, hence improve your productivity and profitability.

Aluminum is one of the most versatile, economical, and attractive metallic materials for a broad range of uses from soft, highly ductile wrapping foil to the most demanding engineering applications like aircraft construction. While packaging remains the primary use of aluminum, it is also used in applications including transportation, building and construction, electrical, and machinery. The ARL iSpark Plus OES spectrometer offers excellent accuracy, sensitivity, precision, and stability for analysis of aluminum for a range of applications.

Pure and ultra-pure copper are produced using two main refining processes: pyrometallurgy and wet metallurgy enrichment. Applications of copper depend on purity—high-purity copper is used for electrical power transmission or electronic applications, while fire-refined copper is primarily used to produce alloys such as brass, bronze, or cupro-nickel. Our ARL iSpark Plus series of OES spectrometers are designed to enable high-performance analysis of pure and ultra-pure metals.

OES analysis of precious metals offers several advantages compared to alternative techniques. Thermo Scientific OES instruments are less expensive than traditional analyzers, and OES techniques allow for less expensive sample preparation. Our OES analyzers also offer improvements in sensitivity, precision, accuracy, sample analysis time, memory effects, and maintenance operations.

Thermo Scientific OES spectrometers are suited for analysis of various other non-ferrous metals, cobalt, lead, magnesium, nickel, tin, titanium, zinc, and their alloys.