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Chris Calam, Regional Sales Manager, EMEA Portable Analytical Instruments [email protected]
Extending the Capability of Portable XRF – Smarter, Smaller and Faster GALM 2016
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Accelerating Results – Portable Analytical Instruments
Industry Trend Increasingly, the lab is moving to the field Our Strategy If you take an historically large, expensive and complicated product to use and make it small, rugged and easy-to-use, you can dramatically expand your applications
Our Solution Deliver traditional laboratory quality testing results to the palm of the operator’s hand, giving our customers reliable, real-time results transforming the way they do business
Our Technologies Raman, NIR, FTIR, XRF…
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• Light waves that we can’t see • Others light waves are UV, IR, radio waves
• X-rays have short wavelength, corresponding to high energy • Less energetic than medical X-rays • Penetrate at 10’s – 100’s micron
• X-rays are produced when sample is excited by a primary source • X-ray tube
• Generate a unique fingerprint of the sample
What are X-rays
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Working Principle Of Handheld XRF
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Handheld XRF Total Element Range
X-ray Energy Reference
Key to Energy values
Light Elements
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Analytical Capabilities – Niton XL3t
• 31 element analysis: elements from Mg through U including
Sb Sn Cd Pd Ag Ru Mo Nb Zr Bi Pb Se Au W Zn Cu Re Ta Hf Ni Co Fe Mn Cr V Ti Al S P Si Mg
• Grade library with ~480 alloys
• Typical alloy analysis in 2 to 5 seconds
• Grade ID in 2 seconds
• Accurate chemistry results in <10 seconds
• Light element analysis (Mg,Al,Si,P,S) 15-40 sec measurement time
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Automotive manufacturing Revolution
• After 100 years of steel, the automotive industry is being revolutionized by variety of new materials from Al, Mg, Ti alloys to Carbon or Glass-Fiber Composites
• Lightweight material has • High strength to weight ratio • High energy absorption • High stiffness
• With a multitude of alloys utilized now, chemical composition confirmation analysis is more important now than it was in the past for this Industry
• With each new material innovation comes a new list of analytical challenges. We can help with some of those challenges!
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CO2 Reduction Strategies
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Example Of Handheld XRF – Zr coatings (conversion & passivation)
Zr Conversion Coatings HDG EG HDG Aluminium
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Results Example – Zr on EG and CRS
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Based on Light Element Content*:
Mg Si Fe Cu
Mn
Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
2014 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.2 0 0.7 3.9 5 0.4 1.2
2024 1.2 1.8 0 0 0 0.5 3.8 4.9 0.3 0.9
3003 0 0 0 0.6 0 0.7 0.05 0.2 1.0 1.5
3004 0.8 1.3 0 0.3 0 0.7 0 0.25 1.0 1.5
Based on Trace Element Content*:
Mg Cr Zr Cu Zn
Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
7050 1.9 2.6 0 0.04 0.08 0.15 2.0 2.6 5.7 6.7
7075 2.1 2.9 0.18 0.28 0 0 1.2 2.0 5.1 6.1
*Notallelementsshown
Analytical Performance – Niton XL3t
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Sample Elements Si Cu Zn Ni Pb Sn
1standard 6.860 4.360 3.140 0.599 0.031 0.037Niton 6.880 4.308 3.111 0.585 0.032 0.036RSD% 0.29% 1.20% 0.91% 2.34% 3.23% 2.70%
2 standard 7.660 3.850 2.470 0.465 0.113 0.123Niton 7.900 3.881 2.486 0.470 0.109 0.126RSD% 3.13% 0.82% 0.67% 1.08% 3.54% 2.44%
3 standard 8.340 3.370 1.680 0.349 0.191 0.209Niton 8.010 3.433 1.719 0.363 0.192 0.218RSD% 3.96% 1.86% 2.32% 4.01% 0.52% 4.31%
4standard 9.210 2.990 1.200 0.193 0.271 0.309Niton 9.460 2.973 1.193 0.191 0.277 0.305RSD% 2.71% 0.57% 0.62% 1.04% 2.21% 1.29%
5standard 9.880 2.470 0.521 0.046 0.396 0.376Niton 9.700 2.446 0.502 0.045 0.385 0.359RSD% 1.82% 0.98% 3.69% 2.17% 2.78% 4.52%
• Sample: Al 380 • Model:XL2 980 • Mode: alloy • Setting: main filter 15s+ light filter 45s
Analytical Performance
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What we can test in automotive
ALLOY • Indentify the alloy type and ID
• Find out the specific elements in sample
• Confirm every parts of vehicle under the limitation of contaminant regulation
COATINGS • Test the coating thickness
• Confirm every layer of coating under the limitation of contaminant regulation
• Quality control Process
PLASTIC • Confirm every parts of vehicle under the limitation of contaminant regulation
• Materials selection in development and research
Automotive Catalytic Converters • Determination of Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium %
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Aluminium Cycle
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• Greater use of a wide range of materials • Advanced high-strength steels • Aluminium, titanium, magnesium alloys • Composites
• Lightweight metals are far higher value • Recycled to retain value
ð Scrap streams can & do get mixed up
• Chemistry is important • Tensile & yield strength • Formability & structure • Weldability • Corrosion resistance • Bonding metal to metal and to composites • Paint adhesion
Why use portable XRF?
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• Experience has shown chemistries can be incorrect • Micro-alloying elements • Tramp element present that should not be • Find out too late
• Scrap streams can & do get mixed up due to recycling
Don’t Rely on Supplier Certificates
Trust but Verify
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• Use XRF for material verification in QA and QC • Alloys • Coatings
• Trust your suppliers, but verify chemistry • Tensile & yield strength • Formability & structure • Weldability • Corrosion resistance • Bonding metal to metal and to composites • Paint adhesion
Summary
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Thank you
Any Questions?
Chris Calam Regional Sales Manager – EMEA
Thermo Fisher Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments [email protected]
