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Customized Fused Borate Disks for the Calibration and Monitoring of XRF Applications
Claisse® has a new turn-key solution for your XRF applications. Our fused borate disks are made with Certified Reference Materials (CRM) or customized mixtures of synthetic oxides. They are custom-made to fulfill your personal analytical needs.
Fused borate disks:
Five Reasons for Using Claisse® Fused Borate Disks
Here are a few examples of our available products
The success of any application is dependent on the quality of the calibration standards used. Finding high quality standards in the required analytical range is not only challenging but in most cases extremely expensive. Making synthetic standards is a viable solution but requires significant expertise and time.
Malvern Panalytical offers CEMOXI, which is a set of synthetic standards, together with an application setup for the Zetium spectrometer as a simple solution. The standards enable calibrations for thirteen major elements in the analysis of oxide materials based on fused beads. The CEMOXI standards set is suited for a wide variety of cement materials and the raw materials used in its manufacture, including: limestones iron ore, clay/shales and gypsum.
A tailored alternative to ideal concentrations
CEMOXI can be used either as a primary fused bead calibration or to verify in-house standards for pressed powder applications (using fusion). Since the use of CRM’s are limited to material available and are expensive, synthetic standards such as CEMOXI offer concentrations and analytical ranges that are tailored while remaining cost effective. The CEMOXI standards have been validated using 25 CRM’s and show excellent agreement.
Which materials can be analyzed?
Why Fusion?
The standards are fused to remove:
Fused samples are ‘perfect’ samples, and in combination with the Fundamental Parameters (FP) matrix correction model enable very wide concentration ranges in a single calibration.
Fusion is ideal for excellent light element analysis.
The CEMOXI standards set is comprised of 9 multi element synthetic cement standards (including pure gypsum) supplied as powders to be prepared as fused beads. Standards are supplied as 10g powders in air tight plastic bottles, packed under nitrogen. The full set is housed in an aluminum carrying case containing the standards, user information and concentrations on CD ROM.
Fused beads are prepared using recipes provided and pre-programmed on the Eagon 2 or using one’s own. Calibrations are created using provided templates in SuperQ which can be adapted and/or extended.
Standards are made from pure chemicals, pre-conditioned, weighed, ground and then ignited at 10500C before packaging under nitrogen. Detailed instructions on the use and handling of the CEMOXI standards are included with the application package.
The included compounds and analytical ranges are shown below:
Elements Concentration range (wt%)
Na2O 0-1.0
MgO 0-6.0
Al2O3 0-10
SiO2 0-24
P2O5 0-0.5
SO3 0-59
K2O 0-2.0
CaO (0)-70
TiO2 0-1.0
Mn2O3 0-0.29
Fe2O3 0-7.0
ZnO 0-0.25
SrO 0-0.7
The CEMOXI standards set is suited for a wide variety of cement materials and the raw materials used in its manufacture, including: limestones iron ore, clay/shales and gypsum.
Accurate wide-range oxide analysis of minerals
The success of any application is dependent on the quality of the calibration standards used. Finding high quality standards in the required analytical range is not only challenging but in most cases extremely expensive. Making synthetic standards is a viable solution but requires significant expertise and time.
Malvern Panalytical offers WROXI, which is a set of synthetic standards, together with an application setup for the Zetium XRF spectrometer as a simple solution. The standards enable calibrations for twenty-one major elements in the analysis of oxide materials based on fused beads. These cover a wide range of geological material compositions. The WROXI standards set is suited for a wide variety of materials, including: silicates, carbonates, phosphates, rocks, soils, iron ores, manganese ores, cements.
Primary and/or validation calibration
WROXI can be used either as a primary fused bead calibration or to verify in-house standards for pressed powder applications (using fusion). Since the use of CRM’s are limited to material available and are expensive, synthetic standards such as WROXI offer concentrations and analytical ranges that are tailored while remaining cost effective. The WROXI calibration has been validated with over 115 CRM’s and shows excellent agreement.
Which materials can be analyzed?
Why Fusion?
The standards are fused to remove:
Fused samples are ‘perfect’ samples, and in combination with the Fundamental Parameters (FP) matrix correction model enable very wide concentration ranges in a single calibration.
Fusion is ideal for excellent light element analysis
Synthetic multiple oxides standards
The WROXI standards set is comprised of 20 synthetic multiple oxides standards supplied as powders to be prepared as fused beads. Standards are supplied as 5g powders in air tight plastic bottles, packed under nitrogen. The full set is housed in an aluminum carrying case containing the standards, user information and concentrations on CD ROM.
Preparation
Standards are made from pure chemicals, pre-conditioned, weighed, ground and packaged under nitrogen. Detailed instructions on the use and handling of the WROXI standards are included with the application package.
Fused beads are prepared using recipes provided and preprogrammed on the Eagon 2 or using one’s own. Calibrations are created using provided templates in SuperQ which can be adapted and/or extended.
Elements and analytical ranges
The WROXI calibration standards include 21 elements with a wide concentration range covering many materials. The elements and analytical ranges are shown in the figure.
The WROXI module and standards are ideal for calibrating the Zetium spectrometer for a wide variety of geological materials, ores and minerals.
Accurate elemental analysis of NiFeCo alloys
Special steels, high-temperature alloys and superalloys are used in a wide variety of high-performance components for their characteristics such as durability, hardness, temperature stability and corrosion resistance. The production of high-specification steels requires process and quality control with very strict tolerances. The challenges of analyzing a large variety of alloying elements with wide ranges of concentrations by XRF are well known to the metals industry. In particular, the matrix corrections needed and the large number of reference materials required for high-quality results are generally a concern.
The Metals edition of Zetium with NiFeCo-FP is the solution to these challenges. Malvern Panalytical’s Fundamental Parameter (FP) matrix correction algorithm is used to provide a single application program for wide-range alloys analysis of up to 21 elements.
NiFeCo-FP module for the Zetium spectrometer
NiFeCo-FP module comes with a suite of carefully selected setup samples and a SuperQ application template for fast application deployment. With the NiFeCo-FP module a wide range of Ni-, Co- and Fe-based alloys, super alloys and steels can be analyzed with a very high accuracy and precision:
Malvern Panalytical’s Fundamental Parameter (FP) model
Malvern Panalytical’s FP algorithm used in the SuperQ software calculates matrix corrections from the theoretical laws governing the physics of X-rays. As such, FP models have a significant advantage over more traditional influence coefficient-based matrix corrections (e.g. theoretical alphas).
Unlike theoretical alphas calculations, the FP model calculates matrix corrections that are specific to each sample. This enables accurate analyses over very wide ranges in concentration and in very different types of sample. In addition, accurate analysis can be made outside the range of concentrations bracketed by the standards.
NiFeCo-FP module
The NiFeCo-FP module comprises of:
The elements and ranges (wt %) included in the reference samples, are:
Elements Concentration range (wt%) Elements Concentration range (wt%)
Al 0.01 - 6 Cu 0.01 - 30
Si 0.01 - 2.4 Y 0.01 - 0.3
P 0.01 - 0.3 Zr 0.01 - 0.4
S 0.01 - 0.1 Nb 0.01 - 6.3
Ti 0.01 - 4 Mo 0.01 - 21
V 0.01 - 3 Hf 0.01 - 1.3
Cr 0.01 - 24 Ta 0.01 - 7.2
Mn 0.01 - 15 W 0.01 - 15
Fe 0.01 - 78 Re 0.01 - 5.4
Co 0.01 - 63 Pt 0.01 - 0.3
Ni 0.01 - 64
The NiFeCo module and setup samples are ideal for calibrating the Zetium spectrometer for the analysis of high temperature steels and super alloys
Accurate elemental analysis of Cu metals
‘Copper-base’ (Cu-base) is a term used to describe a range of alloys where Cu is the principal component. In order to make the materials suitable for different applications (e.g. the manufacture of coinage, bells, a wide range of mechanical equipment and electrical wiring), Cu is normally alloyed with elements such as Sn, Zn, Ni, Al, and Pb. During the production process fast chemical analysis is needed to minimize errors in production and to maximize production yield. The Cu-base-FP package (including applicable calibration standards) covers the analysis of this wide range of Cu alloys by using Malvern Panalytical’s Fundamental Parameter (FP) model.
Cu-base-FP module for the Zetium spectrometer
Cu-base-FP module comes with a suite of carefully selected certified reference samples and a SuperQ application template for fast application deployment. The module allows very accurate and precise analysis of a wide range of Cu-based materials:
Malvern Panalytical’s Fundamental Parameter (FP) model
Malvern Panalytical’s FP algorithm used in the SuperQ software calculates matrix corrections from the theoretical laws governing the physics of X-rays. As such, FP models have a significant advantage over more traditional influence coefficient-based matrix corrections (e.g. theoretical alphas).
Unlike theoretical alphas calculations, the FP model calculates matrix corrections that are specific to each sample. This enables accurate analyses over very wide ranges in concentration and in very different types of sample. In addition, accurate analysis can be made outside the range of concentrations bracketed by the standards.
Cu-base-FP module
The Cu-base module comprises of:
The elements and ranges (wt %) included in the reference samples, are:
Elements Concentration range (wt%) Elements Concentration range (wt%)
Mg Below LLD – 0.3 Ni 0.007 – 33
Al Below LLD – 13 Cu 54.4 – 96
Si Below LLD – 0.6 Zn 0.013 – 43
P 0.001 – 1.0 As Below LLD – 0.3
S 0.0013 – 0.14 Sn 0.006 – 17
Cr 0.0013 – 1.0 Sb 0.005 – 0.5
Mn Below LLD – 2.3 Pb 0.005 – 21
Fe 0.003 – 5.6 Bi Below LLD - 2
Co 0.012 – 0.3
NOTE: Below LLD means the certified concentration is lower than the Lower Limit of Detection
Excel your analysis with Malvern Panalytical’s pre-calibrated solutions
Low alloy steels are widely used for the production of pipes, automotive and aerospace bodies, railway lines and offshore and onshore structural engineering plates. High-strength low alloy steel is used in these areas due to its corrosion resistance properties. Low alloy steels tipically contain less than 10% alloying elements (C, Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo, V and Si combined). Accurate and fast elemental analysis is a critical requirement during the production of steel. It is not only required for compliance with quality standards, but it also enables the steel producer to save costs in an increasingly competitive environment.
To address the needs of the steel making industry with regard to speed and flexibility in analysis, Malvern Panalytical X-ray sequential and simultaneous spectrometers Zetium and Axios FAST can be delivered pre-calibrated with a low alloy steel (LAS) package. The pre-calibrated solution is based on more than 90 certified reference materials (CRMs) covering for a wide elemental range of up to 21 elements and four monitor samples for drift- and sample preparation correction.
LAS pre-calibration for Zetium and Axios FAST spectrometers
The low alloy steel (LAS) calibration has been setup using more than 90 certified reference materials sourced from several suppliers. To pre-calibrate Zetium and Axios FAST spectrometers, this master calibration is transferred using six CRMs using the SuperQ Calibration update.
Hi-Per channels – for higher sensitivities and quicker analysis
Zetium and Axios FAST can be fitted with either one or two Hi-Per channels for increased sensitivity for elements from boron to magnesium. Hi-Per channels use curved, multi-layer crystals to focus incoming radiation. This results in a short optical path length, delivering intensities significantly higher than conventional channels.
Low alloy steel analysis
The low alloy steel (LAS) calibration package can be calibrated on 2.4, 3 or 4 kW, and is retrofittable.
The low alloy steel (LAS) package comprises of:
Elements and their concentration ranges covered by low alloy steel application (LAS) on a Zetium or Axios FAST sequential and simultaneous spectrometers (wt%):
Element |
Concentration range (wt%) |
Element |
Concentration range (wt%) |
C | <LOQ - 1.29 | Cu | 0.0013 - 0.66 |
Al | <LOQ - 0.3 | As | 0.0005 - 0.14 |
SI | <LOQ - 1.46 | Zr | 0.0015 - 0.2 |
P | 0.002 - 0.072 | Nb | 0.0004 - 0.3 |
S | 0.0009 - 0.089 | Mo | 0.002 - 1 |
Ti | 0.0005 - 0.31 | Sn | 0.001 - 0.24 |
V | 0.0006 - 0.52 | Sb | 0.0005 - 0.072 |
Cr | 0.0015 - 5.15 | Ta | 0.001 - 0.23 |
Mn | 0.0057 - 2 | W | 0.012 - 0.3 |
Co | 0.0012 - 0.3 | Pb | <LOQ - 0.024 |
Ni | 0.002 - 4.45 |
Low alloy steel analysis
The low alloy steel (LAS) pre-calibration package is ideal for the analysis of:
Major cost savings for laboratories
One of the key features of Pro-Trace is the use of specially prepared blank specimens and calibration setup samples. These setup samples are calibrated against more than 200 international certified reference materials, providing major cost savings for laboratories that do not have such an extensive library of standards in-house. The Pro-Trace setup samples are manufactured in Malvern Panalytical’s Nottingham facility.
Out of the box solution for the analysis of rocks, soils, coals...
The standards are a cleverly designed set, covering wide ranges of element selection and concentration. They are prepared to very high specifications using ultra-pure compounds that are traceable. Mounted in aluminium rings for longevity, and housed in aluminium cups to prevent contamination, the standards represent real value for money.
Compliancy with international norms
Oil-Trace is particularly useful for the analysis of fuels, biofuels and mixtures. For example B20, E5, E85, additives in lubricating oils and wear metals in used oils, S, Ni, V and other restricted elements in crude oils and further, refined oils, chlorine in compressor oils, metals in homogeneous liquid catalysts and troubleshooting for catalyst poisoning.
In addition, Oil-Trace fully supports compliancy with international ASTM and ISO norms and methods.
Reduce the need for different reference materials
The Oil-Trace unique suite of standards is used to set up a base-line calibration based on Malvern Panalytical's 5th generation FP model and reduces the need for many different reference materials.
Accurate elemental analysis by XRF of functional polymer additives
As properties of polymers are greatly enhanced and tuned to applications by incorporation of functional additives, control of the production process is crucial. Also the use of these additives has to comply to several environmental regulations and standards.
Accurate elemental analysis using ADPOL calibration standards can save you money and supports your compliance to international regulations like REACH.
ADPOL for additives and fillers in polymers
The ADPOL module enables easy and accurate elemental analysis of common additive and filler elements. Assisted by ready to use application templates, little effort is needed for optimal system set-up. Your benefit is accurate and trustworthy elemental composition of your polymers, compounds and plastics realized in minutes.
Moreover ADPOL is manufactured in close cooperation with DSM Resolve, an industry leader in polymer analysis and close relations with world leading polymer manufacturers.
A unique calibration module
ADPOL
The ADPOL module comprises of:
The standards consist of PE discs containing the following elements and concentration ranges:
Elements |
Concentration range (mg/kg) |
F | Below 5 - 266 |
Na | Below 0.5 - 189 |
Mg | Below 1 - 561 |
Al | Below 0.5 - 385 |
Si | Below 10 - 778 |
P | Below 5 - 94 |
S | Below 5 - 98 |
Ca | Below 0.5 - 200 |
Ti | Below 0.5 - 112 |
Zn | Below 0.5 - 198 |
ADPOL
The ADPOL module and calibration standards are ideal for calibrating Zetium and Epsilon spectrometers for many polyethylene and polypropylene types and grades
Accurate analysis by XRF of toxic elements in polymers and plastics
As toxicity of incorporated functional additives are of great concern directly for human health and the environment, accurate low level determination of these elements is crucial. Our Zetium or Epsilon 3X spectrometers combined with the TOXEL module offers you the best solution available for screening and elemental analysis of toxic elements in polymers and plastics.
Accurate elemental analysis using TOXEL calibration standards supports your compliance to international regulations like REACH, RoHS 2, WEEE, ELV, packaging directives and others.
TOXEL for toxic elements in polymers
The TOXEL module enables easy and accurate elemental analysis of toxic elements. Assisted by ready to use application templates, little effort is needed for optimal system set-up. Your benefit is accurate and trustworthy elemental analysis of your polymers, compounds and plastics realized in minutes.
Moreover TOXEL is manufactured in close cooperation with DSM Resolve, an industry leader in polymer analysis and close relations with world leading polymer manufacturers.
TOXEL: A unique calibration module
The TOXEL module and calibration standards are ideal for calibrating Zetium and Epsilon XRF spectrometers for many polyethylene and polypropylene types and grades.
Accurate elemental analysis of RoHS restricted materials
RoHS Calibration Standards aid manufacturers and research laboratories comply with requirements of RoHS 2 legislation. Developed in co-operation with DSM Resolve, they provide the accurate calibration required for precise determination of product compliance using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry. Accurate elemental analysis using RoHS Calibration Standards can save you money and supports your compliance to international regulations like REACH.
Highest levels of analytical accuracy and precision
The RoHS Calibration Standards guarantee the highest levels of analytical accuracy and precision over a wide concentration range of elemental determination - from low ppm to low percentage. They offer unrivalled homogeneity and are the closest, in respect of composition, to official EU BCR 681k and 680k Certified Reference Materials. This enables compliance with confidence. The concentrations are validated by analysis with multiple analytical techniques.
Ideal for use with several polymer types, including PolyPropylene (PP), PolyEthylene (PE) and others, the RoHS Calibration Standards extend Malvern Panalytical’s range of innovative industry solutions designed to meet environmental legislation challenges such as RoHS 2, WEEE and ELV.
A unique property of Malvern Panalytical’s RoHS solutions is the carefully selected uncorrelated concentrations for all elements that enable accurate determination of line overlap correction factors. The ultimate benefit is improved accuracy.
RoHS Calibration standards for XRF
The RoHS Calibration Standards module comprises of:
Alternatively, an economic RoHS Calibrations Standards basic package can be ordered. This basic package contains two replicates of all multi-element standards, each incorporating four reference materials plus blank material in duplex, making a total of ten discs.
The standards consist of PE discs containing chemicals, representing the elements
and compounds regulated by RoHS 2. The elements and concentration ranges are as follows:
Elements |
Concentration range (mg/kg) |
Cr | 0 - 973 |
Cl | 0 - 1075 |
S | 0 - 591 |
Zn | 0 - 976 |
As | 0 - 145 |
Br | 0 - 980 |
Cd | 0 - 252 |
Sb | 0 - 345 |
Hg | 0 - 483 |
Pb | 0 - 1033 |
Sn | 0 - 178 |
RoHS Calibration Standards for XRF
The perfect combination: Epsilon 3X with RoHS Calibration Standards for screening and quantification
Polymeric compliance is important and requires that no restricted substances are present in materials. Aiming for restricted substance levels in polymers that just comply, can go wrong when materials are combined because the cumulative quantities can be higher than accepted limits.
Epsilon 3X is ideal for low-level screening, whereas Epsilon 3XLE, with best-in-class performance, is ideal for low-level quantification at low mg/kg (ppm)-levels. With virtually no sample preparation, it is now possible to determine accurately these elements at sub mg/kg levels when calibrating with the RoHS Calibration Standards.
Malvern Panalytical’s Quality Audit Standards have been produced to provide users of Malvern Panalytical’s laser diffraction and imaging-based particle size analyzers with a one-shot, polydisperse transfer standard that enables them to verify the performance of their systems on a regular basis.
If your particle size analyzer is used as a quality control tool, it is inevitable that an occasion will arise where a sample batch you are measuring will be reported to be out of specification. In such a situation, confirmation that the particle size analyzer is performing correctly will help to eliminate any concerns that the analytical system has led to the reported failure.
Malvern Panalytical’s Quality Audit Standards are designed provide a reliable means of checking and documenting the correct operation of the Mastersizer, Spraytec and Morphologi G3SE / G3SE-ID systems, supporting their use in quality control applications as part of FDA or other international laboratory accreditation schemes (e.g. ISO, NAMAS, and IAF).
Malvern Panalytical’s Quality Audit Standards are:
A range of molecular weight standards for different applications of GPC/SEC
Malvern Panalytical offers a wide range of molecular weight standards for GPC/SEC for conventional and universal calibration as well as light scattering.
Malvern offers a wide selection of molecular weight standards for GPC/SEC. These are available as pre-weighed standards for ease of preparation. Simply add the correct volume of the required solvent to prepare these molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity standards at a known and accurate concentration.
Standards for conventional and universal column calibration have a broad molecular weight range and are available for organic and aqueous applications.
Standards for light scattering and triple detection are characterized using instruments verified with NIST-traceable materials and are available for organic and aqueous applications. They can be used to simultaneously calibrate and normalize detectors and to determine inter-detector volumes and peak broadening parameters.
Malvern Panalytical’s molecular weight standards are pre-weighed into a glass vial. Simply add the desired amount of solvent to achieve the right concentration.
Column calibration standards are run in series through a GPC/SEC system. The elution times of the various molecular weight standards are then used as a reference for the unknown material. Relative molecular weights are obtained when the standard and sample polymers are different.
Light scattering/triple detection standards are used to characterize the detector responses which are then used in the measurement of absolute molecular weight. Normalization factors, detector offsets and band broadening corrections are calculated simultaneously to reduce calibration time.
Polystyrene (PS)
Standard material :
Polystyrene (PS)
Applications :
Synthetic polymers
Calibration type :
Column calibration & triple detection calibration (narrow) and verification (broad)
Standard type :
Bulk powder, pre-weighed individually and mixed (for HT-GPC)
Molecular weight range :
1000 Da – 4.5 MDa
Poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA)
Standard material :
Poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA)
Applications :
Synthetic polymers
Calibration type :
Column calibration & triple detection calibration (narrow) and verification (broad)
Standard type :
Bulk powder or pre-weighed
Molecular weight range :
3 kDa – 1 MDa
Polyethylene oxide (PEO)
Standard material :
Polyethylene oxide (PEO)
Applications :
Water soluble polymers
Calibration type :
Column calibration & triple detection calibration (narrow)
Standard type :
Pre-weighed
Molecular weight range :
50 kDa to 250 kDa
Pullulan
Standard material :
Pullulan
Applications :
Water soluble polymers
Calibration type :
Triple detection calibration (narrow)
Standard type :
Bulk powder or pre-weighed
Molecular weight range :
5 kDa to 700 kDa
Dextran
Standard material :
Dextran
Applications :
Water soluble polymers
Calibration type :
Triple detection verification (broad)
Standard type :
Pre-weighed
Molecular weight range :
50 kDa – 100 kDa
