Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology Helps NASA Find Life on Mars

Scientists are in the process of confirming that there was once life on Mars—with the help of an Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology product. Using a drill on its robotic arm, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently collected a second rock sample for analysis by its onboard Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin). Researchers expect to confirm preliminary findings […]

Graphite analysis using Eltra Determinators

Overview Analysis of graphite using current laboratory methods which involve the use of some form of filtration, may suffer from low recoveries. Graphite recovery, when employing the technique of filtration, is a function of the particle size distribution. Accurate graphite analysis, as well as speciation of carbon forms can be directly performed using a single […]

Fast and reliable carbon and sulfur determination with elemental analyzers – a useful addition to XRF

Part of the production process of high quality cement is quality control of the raw materials as well as the intermediate and finished products. At each production stage samples are taken, processed and analyzed to determine the chemical composition of the material. For the fast, accurate and reliable determination of carbon and sulfur elemental analyzers […]

Determination of carbon and sulfur in organic and inorganic solids with ELTRA’s CS-2000 analyzer

When using conventional elemental analyzers for carbon and sulfur determination in solids, the user has to decide whether to use a resistance furnace to analyze organic compounds or an induction furnace for inorganic compounds. Not with Eltra’s unique CS-2000 analyzer which combines both techniques! Thus the user only needs one analyzer to examine organic matrices (such as […]