Real-time analytical measurements are essential for monitoring the elemental composition and quality of many processed or manufactured goods.
Users require dependable accuracy and sensitivity at all detection levels, depending on the application, from high-percentage concentrations to trace elements. When results are off-specification, reliable analyses are also key to making timely, data-based process changes. Many organizations maintain high power wavelength-dispersive XRF or ICP spectrometers in their laboratories to determine elemental compositions. Unfortunately, transporting samples from line to lab wastes precious time. Others locate the spectrometers at the
line, risking impaired operation or failure of these sensitive instruments in the production environment.