ElvaX Mini

Spectrometer "ElvaX mini" is a compact desktop energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) alloys analyzer. It is right and affordable solution for jewelry industry, alloy sorting, express QC in metallurgy. The accuracy of determining concentrations is better than 0.3% for metal alloys.

Fields of application

• RoHS & WEEE
• Jewelry
• Metallurgy

Basic user specifications

Element detection range	from Ti (Z=22) to U (Z=92)
Data acquisition time	5 - 200 s
Power supply	90 - 240 V, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption	30 W
Dimensions	225 mm x 340 mm x 200 mm
Weight	10 kg

Technical characteristics

X-ray source

X-ray tube	W anode 250 um Be window air-cooling
X-ray generator	voltage: 4-40 kV, adjustable in 100 V steps current: 0-100 чA, adjustable in 0.2 чA steps maximal power: 4 W
Stability	0.1% per 8 hours

X-ray detector

Detector type	solid state Si-pin-diode with thermo-electrical cooling
Active area	6 mm2
Energy resolution	165 eV at 5.9 keV (Mn Ka line)
Be window thickness	25 um

Spectrometric processor

Pulse processor	digital pulse processor pile-up rejection pulse shape selector automatic adjustment to count rate
ADC	4096 channels
Buffer RAM	4096 32-bit channels
Timers	real and "live" time

Software

Supported operating systems	Windows XP/Vista/7
Quantitative analysis algorithms	fundamental parameters quadratic stepwise multiple regression manual spectra comparison

Click here to view the screenshot of the ElvaX application

More information about XRF Alloy Analysis (PDF, 606 kb)

Precious Metals assay using Elvax Mini (PDF, 352 kb)