Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ X900 Simultaneous/Sequential XRF Spectrometer

The ARL X900 XRF Spectrometer is a powerful WDXRF analyzer with XRD capability that yields fast, accurate elemental composition results due to fast analysis and dual sample loading. Its reliable design maximizes productivity and assists with modern metals, mining and cement production, and process control requirements, providing excellent results.

The ability to rapidly and precisely determine the elements present in raw materials is crucial to the minerals and mining, cement, and metals industries' ability to guarantee the quality of their output. Elemental analysis is a fundamental component of these sectors. The ARL X900 Spectrometer is the best tool for XRF elemental analysis.

The ARL X900 sequential/simultaneous wavelength-dispersive XRF Spectrometer quickly yields reliable and precise elemental analysis results, regardless of the process control requirements. It provides maximum dependability and durability through careful and robust design principles engineered to withstand demanding industrial environments.

The analytical core of the ARL X900 Spectrometer, which features the inherently safe “tube above” geometry, is housed in a vacuum chamber that also ensures extremely stable analytical conditions. This translates to fewer unplanned interventions and superior short- and long-term stability, both required for accurate analytical results.

ARL X900 Simultaneous/Sequential XRF Spectrometer. Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific – Production Process & Analytics

Specifications

Source: Thermo Fisher Scientific – Production Process & Analytics

Application Domains

• Metals: Super-alloys, titanium alloys, cobalt alloys, ferroalloys, alu-bath, direct reduced iron, cast irons, steels, brasses, bronzes, copper alloys, aluminum alloys, zinc alloys, tin alloys, magnesium alloys, nickel alloys
• Cement: Free lime, raw meal, clinker, slags, limestone and dolomite, etc.
• Mining and minerals: Soils, sediments, rocks, etc.
• Other: Ceramics, glasses, polymers, contract laboratories

Features

• Integrated sequential and simultaneous WDXRF capabilities, providing unparalleled analytical speed and flexibility
• Capable of performing elemental analysis at concentrations ranging from parts per million to 100 %
  • Flexibility with sequential analysis from B to Am using a goniometer
  • Ultra-fast simultaneous analysis using fixed channel monochromators

• Compact XRD offers two methods in a single device for additional crystalline phase analysis capabilities
• Durable and robust instrument design, with tube above geometry and a single analysis chamber, provides maximum reliability
• The “LoVap technology” X-ray tube provides outstanding long-term stability and outstanding analytical performance
• The fast dual-sample loader improves throughput by minimizing dead time between measurements
• Factory calibrations enable immediate use for a variety of applications
• Analysis results for unknown samples are provided by Thermo Scientific™ UniQuant Standardless analysis in a matter of minutes
• OXSAS™ Analytical Software contains all the features required for data management, instrument control, calibration, instrument set-up, and diagnostics for virtually unlimited analytical capacity and flexibility
• Optional automation capabilities enable automatic, unattended, round-the-clock operation

Efficiency and Flexibility

The dual-sample loader maximizes throughput by decreasing deadtime between samples, resulting in faster analysis and higher throughput: The subsequent set of samples is loaded during sample analysis. Combining sequential and simultaneous analysis in one spectrometer and operating in parallel saves even more time. The system can be configured with a compact XRD analyzer, up to two goniometers, and 32 fixed channels.

Automation and Software

Without raising overhead costs, automation can boost sample throughput, enhance repeatability, and enable operations to satisfy more stringent product specifications and time constraints. Every automation solution is tailored to your particular needs.

Thermo Scientific OXSAS Analytical Software is used with the ARL X900 Spectrometer. This simple and adaptable software is easy to use regardless of need. OXSAS Software enables the easy definition and speedy completion of simple and complex tasks. Automated control makes unattended analysis possible, and programming guarantees priority sample support.

Several features of the ARL X900 Spectrometer improve process control in multiple ways:

• Simple EasyOXSAS interface to streamline routine analysis
• Various customizable online processing functions, with manual or automatic application
• Real on-line integrated statistical process control
• SCT Manager offers the status and history of setting up samples, control samples, and type standards, providing a snapshot of the analytical capability of the instrument and each method at any given moment

Analysis Users Can Depend On

The ARL X900 XRF Spectrometer offers unmatched robustness and dependability. With Thermo Fisher Scientific's help and reliability, it is set to become the industry standard for elemental analysis. Users can customize its configuration and calibrations to suit industrial processes, concentrating on the quality of the product rather than the instrument.