As the Niton unit becomes ever more a part of project analyses, the Niton® XL2 Series handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) unit is now available. Bob Wopperer, Director of marketing and Business Development explained: “We now offer users the choice of an out-of-the-box field mapping option or the flexibility of seamless integration with existing mapping packages. Either way, our analysers excel at storing results that are matched to GPS coordinates. Then these results can simply be downloaded to existing GIS and data analysis packages.
“More than 2,000 of our Niton XRF analyzers are already deployed in the global mining industry. With the launch of the Niton XL2, mining companies of any size can access a range of products that are engineered from the ground up to withstand harsh mining environments, reduce laboratory costs and improve efficiency.”
Handheld Niton XL2 and award-winning Niton XL3 Series XRF analyzers are purpose-built to take measurements anywhere, anytime, with accurate results available in seconds, saving significant expense in comparison to traditional laboratory testing. These easy-to-use, nondestructive instruments provide integral storage of all test results, which are completely tamperproof. Multiple communication options are incorporated, including Bluetooth* wireless, USB and RS-232 serial communication ports.
They also come standard with Thermo Scientific Niton Data Transfer (NDT©) software, a suite of data management utilities that allows users to set operator permissions, print certificates of analysis to document results or operate the analyzer remotely from a PC. The NDT file format preserves and protects the data from each sample analysis, ensuring that this data is not unintentionally or intentionally compromised.
Replacing the award-winning Niton XLt analysers, Niton XL2s are lightweight yet ruggedly built to withstand severe environments. Ergonomically designed and featuring daylight readable icons, the Niton XL2 incorporates customisable menus for ease of use, multi-language options and a standard analytical range of more than 25 elements from sulphur to uranium. It is particularly suitable for mine mapping, development and grade control where accurate elemental composition data is required across a large number of samples.
The company reports: “Niton XL3 GOLDD analysers deliver major improvements in sensitivity and measurement times, as much as 10 times faster than conventional Si-PIN detectors and up to three times more precise than conventional SDD detectors. Easily analysing elements from magnesium to uranium, without requiring helium or vacuum purging for light elements (Mg, Al, Si, P, S), the Niton XL3 GOLDD delivers fast, accurate analysis for intensive metals exploration, even helping to identify anomalies at or below the earth’s average crustal abundance.”
