Horizon

Horizon, the TXRF Benchtop

Horizon is the state of the art of the Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer and it is equipped with all the most modern technical components, which grant accuracy, precision, safety and easiness of use. 

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Made in Italy

Quality control in metal

analysis using OES/RDE

Material properties control

using XRD/TXRF

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Complete Description

Horizon is the new Benchtop Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (TXRF) for multi elemental qualitative and quantitative analyses for major constituents and ultra-trace in suspension as well as liquid samples.

TXRF is a type of Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) in which the X-Ray beam strikes the sample, deposited as a thin layer on a carrier, at a very small incident angle, in order to exploit the excitation enhancement given by the total reflection effect. As far as the sample is thin enough (thin film approximation), the technique’s main strengts are:

  •  simultaneous multi-element analysis from Na to Pu
  •  no matrix effect
  •  no matrix-dependent calibration curves
  •  improved detection limits (LOD) down to ng/g or lower
  •  minimum amount of sample
  •  microanalysis capabilities

 

Horizon is the state of the art of the Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer and it is equipped with all the most modern technical components, which grant accuracy, precision, safety and easiness of use.

It is a powerful tool for trace analysis at an affordable price.

Product Applications

  • Environmental Analysis: water, dust, sediments, aerosol (ISO/TS 18507:2015, ISO 20289:2018)
  • Medical/Pharma: toxic elements in biological fluids and tissue samples, catalyst residues
  • Forensic Science: analysis of extremely small sample of quantities
  • Pure chemicals: acids, bases, salts, solvents, water, ultrapure reagents
  • Oils and greases: crude oil, essential oil, fuel oil, gasoline, jet fuel
  • Pigments: ink, oil paints, powder
  • Nuclear Industry: measurements of radioactive elements

Technical Data

X-Ray Generator
Maximum Output Power: 600 W
Max Output Voltage: 40 kV
Max Output Current: 15 mA
X-Ray Tube
Mo anode provided as standard
Other anodes available as options
Focus: 0.4 x 8 mm FF (Fine Focus)
Detector Active area: 40 mm2 as standard. (50 mm2 as option)
Energy resolution: ≤ 133 eV FWHM @Mn-Ka (1 μs peaking time)
Sample Holder 12 position multi-sample holder
Atmoshere Air or He flux
Case External Dimension: 600 mm, 650 mm, 555 mm

Weight: 85 kg

Cooling External Compact Low Noise Version

Software Informations

GNR proprietary software for TXRF supports several tasks of analysis, from Data Acquisition, having the full control of all the process and hardware settings (generator and tube, detector, measurements set up) to Data Analysis:

  • Least square Marquardt fit procedure for the area calculation (spectral analysis)
  • Automatic/manual search function
  • Manual or automatic calibration of energy
  • Quantification via an internal standard using theoretical and experimental sensitivity curves

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