XRF analysis services

Are you looking to outsource (part of) your elemental analysis of a selection of samples and materials? Malvern Panalytical offers this service.

Our facility in Nottingham, UK, is a center of excellence for X-ray fluorescence analysis and calibration standards development and production. The laboratory offers analytical services under ISO/IEC 17025:2017, accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for several standardized methods and offers additional customized methods under the same infrastructure and protocols.

Our offering includes:

• Trace element analysis on pressed powder samples
  • Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
  • Method: WDXRF Pro-Trace, ISO 17025 accredited
  • Elements covered: Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Nd, Sm, Yb, Hf, Ta, W, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th and U
  • Lower quantification limits available: 1, 3 or 5 ppm
  • Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
  • Method: ED(P)XRF, ISO 17025 accredited
  • Elements covered: Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Te, I, Cs, Ba, La and Ce
  • Lower quantification limits available: <1 or 2.5 ppm
• Analysis of major oxides using fusion
  • Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
  • Compounds covered: SiO₂, TiO₂, A1₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, Mn₃O₄, MgO, CaO, Na₂O, K2O, P₂O₅, SO₃, F, Cl, V₂O₅, Cr₂O₃ NiO, CuO, ZnO, SrO, BaO, ZrO₂, HfO₂ and PbO
  • Method: WROXI, ISO 17025 accredited
  • LOI determination at 1050 °C or 1000 °C for sulfate-bearing materials ISO 17025 accredited
• Screening analysis
  • Typical sample type: loose powders, pressed powder pellets, fused glass beads, liquids or solids
  • Method: standardless analysis using Omnian, not ISO accredited
  • Elements covered: screening analysis of up to 75 elements
• Small Spot Mapping
  • Typical sample type: solid, various
  • Method: small spot mapping (500 μm), not ISO accredited
  • Elemental distribution mapping and spot quantification for up to 75 elements

For more information, contact us.