With the instrument, users simply press a button to test the elemental composition of soil or sludge or to discover whether or not an old telephone pole was treated with outdated and now illegal wood preservative.

“With the xSORT, the screener is not only finished faster, but doesn’t have any aching muscles either!”įast environmental screening and soil analysis is a second important application area for the xSORT.

For screening measurements the high-speed xSORT really shows what it can do: “When a warehouse clerk needs to test several hundred products at a time, it makes a big difference whether he/she has to hold the XRF instrument still for 30 or 90 seconds,” explains Dirk Wissmann. The analyzer is non-destructive, offers a high degree of analytical flexibility and has a low purchase price. This subject remains current and encompasses ever more industries worldwide right through to the classic wholesale and retail trade.” The SPECTRO xSORT can bring all of its strengths into play for this application. The CPSIA and its upcoming February 2010 enforcement deadline make the fulfillment of screening and testing requirements an urgent concern for many manufacturers and importers of consumer products. Deblyn Palella, Director of XRF Sales and Compliance Expert, explains: “In the United States, the presence of lead has recently been found again and again in toys, jewelry and cosmetics. Rapid RoHS compliance and lead screening are among the most important of the new applications. *High Readout Rate, High-Speed Measurements, Best Value in Handheld XRF* Dirk Wissmann, Product Manager for XRF instruments at SPECTRO, explains: “Depending on the task, users can utilize the high readout rate to measure with the xSORT much faster than with other instruments, or use traditional measurement times and achieve significantly better detection limits and accuracy.”

The modern silicon drift detector (SDD) used in the xSORT handheld XRF analyzer processes signals up to ten times faster than the detectors conventionally used in handheld XRF instruments. With just a few seconds testing time, it non-destructively analyzes the content of all important elements between magnesium and uranium contained in a sample. The SPECTRO xSORT, weighing just 1.7 kilograms (3.7 lbs), is an analytical instrument for rapid, nondestructive XRF screening analyses. First introduced to the market in September of 2008, SPECTRO xSORT’s original metal analysis capabilities have been expanded to include applications for RoHS compliance and lead screening as well as for the examination of soil in environmental testing and the direct analysis of ores, concentrates and tailings. As a premier consulting and sales organization dedicated to providing laboratory and field analytical solutions to the environmental, mining, and lead-free industries, we are are happy to offer a new range of application soultions for the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF. is proud to announce the introduction of the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF non-alloy analyzers to the U.S. Tustin, CA, December 2009 – Geotechnical Services, Inc.

Silicon drift detector (standard) with high signal throughput enables extremely fast and accurate analysis of all important elements from magnesium to uranium.

New application packages for RoHS compliance screening, environmental testing, and mining applications.

SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF instruments now available from Geotechnical, the XRF applications experts.

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