Portable Environmental Analysis using the Niton XL3t 600
Though these versatile environmental testing instruments provide valuable assistance in portable soil testing applications such as brownfield site investigation, they are capable of much more. With the ability to perform elemental analysis of a wide range of materials such as bulk powder analysis, accessible surface dust wipe analysis, volume sampling air filter analysis for testing airbourne particulate pollution and individual operator respirator filter analysis for worker protection - by testing airbourne hazardous particles in such filters, they can help to support a company in complying with legislation introduced to protect the public.
XRF brownfield site investigation and contaminated land remediation
It can happen (and has happened) that on a large contaminated land remediation project - an XL3t 600 series portable soil analyser can pay for itself on one large project alone. If using the instrument to guide earth-moving equipment to soil contamination "hotspots" results in a reduction of soil being removed from the brownfield site as a whole - substantial cost-reductions can be achieved. These instruments can perform both in-situ soil analysis - taking measurements directly from the area under examination and ex-situ soil analysis - analysing prepared soil samples, via the prepared sample test-stand and soil sample preparation kit, without the need for large numbers of laboratory analyses - so reducing costs.
Elemental industrial hygiene environmental testing
With the ability to test a variety of samples - from testing dust wipes deliberately taken to test elemental contamination of surfaces - to testing elemental contamination of personal respirator filters and volume air samplers for assessing worker exposure to hazardous airbourne elements and detecting illegal elements in solids likely to be handled - as in compliance with RoHS and WEEE legislation these instruments can greatly assist in assessing potential exposure to toxins.
