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News Release from: Intellection | Subject: QEMSCAN mineral analysis system
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 07 August 2007
New X-ray microanalysis capability for
QEMSCAN
The Quantax Esprit X-ray microanalyser software from Bruker AXS has been successfully integrated with the QEMSCAN automated mineralogy system to break new ground in advanced mineral analysis
X-ray microanalysis is an analytical technique for precise determination of the chemical composition of solid samples, thin layers or particles under investigation in electron microscopes Intellection's QEMSCAN is an advanced mineral analysis system based on technology pioneered by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and in use around the world by geosciences laboratories in the mining, oil and gas and utilities sectors
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 15 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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QEMSCAN is designed for unattended, high productivity analysis of minerals, rocks and materials.
As part of normal operation QEMSCAN may detect compounds that require further analysis, often by an electron probe.
Such analysis can cause delays and additional costs to the process of mineral analysis.
By integrating the liquid nitrogen free energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) that are a standard part of QEMSCAN and the Quantax Esprit software option it is possible to detect and analyse all elements down to boron simultaneously on the one QEMSCAN instrument.
With true standardless analysis; proven standard related quantification; or even a combination of both methods, obtaining elemental information from a sample volume of only a few microns and providing relative detection limits in the order of a tenth of mass percent makes QEMSCAN based Esprit X-ray microanalysis one of the most sensitive analysis methods available today.
Quantax Esprit is available immediately as an option for all QEMSCAN systems using the Intellection X275HR Silicon Drift X-ray detectors.
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