XL3 hybrid
Ultimate detection limits at Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl
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The XL3 hybrid – just like the XL3 plus – can analyze the light elements Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl under air. However, it can optionally be switched to helium operation. This results in a significant reduction in the detection limits.
Analysis with the XL3 hybrid provides the following advantages
- The performance can be further increased by switching on the helium purge.
- Detection limits for light elements are achieved that were previously more accessible to spark spectrometers.
- The air in the measuring head is displaced by helium gas.
- In contrast to a vacuum, there is hardly any pressure on the foil.
Areas of application
The XL3 hybrid analyser achieves with helium flush the lowest detection limits for Mg, Al, Si, P, S. It is the perfect instrument for very low tolerance levels or detection limits, which require an improved accuracy, e.g.:
- Distinction between pure aluminium and Al Mg.
- Phosphorus in bronze.
Technical details
| Weights and measures | 244 mm x 230 mm x 95,5 mm; 1,3 kg (without battery) |
| X-ray tube | Ag-anode (standard) 50 kV, 40 µA, 2 Watt max. |
| Detector | SDD-detector (GOLDD-technology) |
| Range of analysis | from Mg (12) to U (92) more than 25 elements, varies depending on measuring program |
| System electronics | 533 MHz ARM 11CPU, 300 MHz DSP 80 MHz ASICS DSP, MCA 4096 channels 32 MB internal system memory, 128 MB internal random-access memory |
| Operating system | Nucleus OS™ from Mentor Graphics |
| Battery | Lithium-ion battery, for approx. 6-8 hours of continuous operation |
| Display | folding VGA colour touch screen display |
| Database | up to 10.000 measurements incl. spectra, CCD image optional |
| Data transfer | USB, Bluetooth, serial (RS-232) |
| Security | Password protection, scalable |
| Analysers | Alloy analysis, electronics, precious metals and dental alloys, plastics, consumer goods, environmental analysis, soil and mineral analysis, dusts on filters, Signatur Match, SuperChem™-mode and layer thickness analysis, empirical calibration, empirical calibration in combination with FP |
| Matrix correction | Compton normalisation (CN), fundamental parameters (FP) thickness correction for thin samples (plastic mode) |
| Display mode | Boundary-value analysis (Pass / Fail / Inconclusive) traffic light display |
| Data entry | on-screen keyboard (touch-screen) info input list writable by user optional: Bluetooth bar code reader |
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