Portable Environmental Analysis using Niton XRF Instruments

• » Brownfield site investigation
• » Testing metalic soil contamination
• » Contaminated land remediation
• » Industrial hygiene testing
• » Analysing bulk soil and powders
• » Elemental dust-wipe analysis
• » Testing metalic elements in solids
• » Air quality - air filter analysis
• » Up to 25 elements analysed
• » Miniature X-Ray tube option
• » Versatile isotope excitation range

• » Single piece unit, weighing less than 1.3kg
• » Can be carried in waist belt holder
• » Quick-swappable batteries allow up to 12 hours continued use without power-down
• » High-strength, injection molded plastic housing withstands harsh analysis environments
• » Add new features and upgrade software in the field

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.

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.

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.