Bruker Launches Hand-held LIBS for Light Element Alloy Scrap Sorting
01 October 2015 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
Bruker Corporation, a technology leader in hand-held, mobile and
portable (HMP) metals and alloy analyzers, today introduces the new
EOS 500 hand-held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometer (HH-LIBS). The EOS 500 is
designed for high-speed analysis of Grade ID and chemistry in light
element alloys containing Li, Mg, Al or Si. Speed, accuracy and
repeatability are all attributes of the EOS 500. Compared with
hand-held XRF, light element analysis with the EOS 500 is
approximately 10x faster.
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The EOS 500, suited for Quality Assurance (QA), metal
fabrication and Positive Material Identification (PMI), was
engineered for durability in the demanding conditions associated
with the scrap recycling industry. The rugged design ensures that
the EOS 500 will withstand field operation in nearly all
environments, including humid and dusty conditions. In addition,
the EOS 500 has a unique “Air-Flow Optics Shield”, which creates a
continuous air shield in front of the optics in order to prevent
dust build-up and to allow the EOS 500 to operate in the most
demanding environments.
The EOS 500 uses a proprietary 1064 nm laser for low background
laser ablation atomic emission spectroscopy. Traditional LIBS
systems utilize a high energy, low frequency laser design for
plasma generation, which results in high background noise,
especially in the lower end of spectrum. Bruker’s 1064 nm laser
generates strong atomic emission signals without creating high
background emissions, hence eliminating the need for a complicated
gating system. Utilizing this unique design, Bruker’s EOS 500 can
easily analyze challenging elements, such as Si and Mg, at <0.1%
concentration levels within seconds.
A multi-detector design allows the EOS 500 to cover an extended
wavelength range from 170 nm to 720 nm, while maintaining
outstanding resolution for a complicated metal matrix such as
titanium. This broad wavelength range allows the detection of
elements such as Li, Be, Cs, etc., which a single detector could
not cover. In addition, the extensive wave-length range also allows
the EOS 500 to utilize alternative wavelengths and hence achieve
better accuracy by avoiding spectrum overlap.
"Advances in laser technology have enabled the miniaturization
and portability of LIBS, which we have now commercialized in the
EOS 500," commented John Landefeld, General Manager of the Bruker
Nano Analytics division's HMP business unit. "Bruker moved quickly
to provide this new hand-held system to our customers, enabling
them to work faster and more profitably. LIBS analysis has an
important place in metals industries, as a complementary technique
to hand-held XRF."
Each technique has advantages measuring certain elements and
certain types of alloys. HH-LIBS is well suited to rapidly
measuring the low atomic number elements like the alkaline (Li, Na,
etc.) and alkaline-earth metals (Be, Mg, Si, etc.), but is not as
well suited to measuring high atomic number elements such as the
refractory elements (Nb, Mo, W, etc.). HH-XRF, on the other hand,
is well suited to measuring high atomic number elements but is not
well suited to measuring low atomic number elements like Mg, Al,
Si. This makes HH-LIBS the preferable technique for light alloys
such as Mg, Al and Ti alloys, while HH-XRF is the superior
technique for measuring alloys like stainless steel and high
temperature alloys. Customers in the metals industry can now choose
the optimal hand-held measurement tool for each application.
Please contact us for additional information on the new EOS
500: www.bruker.com/eos
For more information on handheld XRF, please visit
www.bruker.com/hhxrf
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