The halogens are a chemical family of reactive nonmetallic elements. Chlorine is the most well-known from its presence in table salt, but the other halogens may also be familiar: fluorine, bromine and iodine. The last halogen, astatine, is radioactive with a short half-life, and thus does not exist in any appreciable quantities. While small amounts […]
IBO’s Industrial Design Awards for Portable Analytical Instruments recognize instruments whose design addresses the special challenges of transportability, including small size, light weight, ruggedness and, in some cases, difficult operating conditions. Portable instruments are defined as instruments that run on batteries and are intended to be easily transported, often for use outside of a lab. […]
In June, Olympus began shipping its BTX Profiler, a combination X-ray diffraction (XRD)–X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer for powder analysis. The analyzer is the lab-based version of the firm’s Terra portable XRD-XRF instrument. The BTX Profiler is designed to save money, space and time for users that require both XRD and XRF analysis. Unlike typical XRD-XRF […]
The market for laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS) techniques continues to mature. Such techniques, notably tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) and cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS), have found commercial success for monitoring trace amounts of gases in industrial applications and for environmental monitoring. The maturing of the market is evident in the recent acquisitions of […]
Company Announcements In June, XRF Scientific entered into a memo of understanding to acquire Kitco Labware, a supplier of platinum labware and precious engineered products, from Kitco Metals. XRF is a supplier of Kitco Labware. The acquisition will provide diversification of revenue from new end-markets, expansion into Latin America and an expanded customer database. Product […]
While they are both based on similar physical principles, atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS) is far less common a technique than atomic absorption spectroscopy (AA). Both provide elemental composition information and rely on the specific wavelengths of light that serve to identify particular elements corresponding to the lines in their atomic spectra. In both, the sample […]
Woburn, MA 3/29/13; Santa Clara, CA 4/29/13—SciAps has acquired DeltaNu from Intevac for $500,000 in cash and up to $1 million in an earn out. DeltaNu develops and manufactures portable Raman spectroscopy analyzers. SciAps plans to combine its distribution, marketing and product development expertise with DeltaNu’s Raman technical expertise. DeltaNu will retain its operations in […]
Paris, France 4/3/13—Nuclear energy firm AREVA has agreed to sell Canberra, its nuclear measurement subsidiary, to private equity firm Astorg Partners (see IBO 11/30/12). Financial details were not disclosed. Based in Meriden, Connecticut, with 1,500 employees, Canberra had 2012 sales of approximately €250 million ($321 million = €0.78 = $1). “Following 10 years of organic […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s N8 Horizon instrument was introduced in November 2012. The N8 has a brilliant microspot source with a 0.5 mm spot size, and a sample holder that can be configured for small-angle and grazing incidence XRD. The standard Vantec area detector can also be augmented by an optional linear detector to provide wide-angle […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker debuted the Aurora Elite inductively coupled plasma (ICP)–MS, a high-performance sibling to its existing Aurora M90. The improved ion optics and fast electronics increase the sensitivity of the system, and Bruker considers it the most sensitive single quadrupole ICP-MS on the market. The base price is $178,000, though a complete system with […]
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