Performance Characteristic Sheet (PCS)
In 1994, we
introduced the Thermo Scientific Niton XL-309, the first handheld XRF analyzer for
lead-in-paint analysis. Followed by the Niton XLi and XLp
300 Series in 1998, they were the first lead analyzers to
eliminate the need for substrate correction, and the first
XRF analyzers without an inconclusive range. This superior
performance is documented in all our Performance
Characteristic Sheets, most recently in the September 24,
2004 edition.
Other lead-in-paint analyzers have tried to play catch-up yet still haven’t
achieved our enviable status of no substrate correction and a threshold value of
1.0 mg/cm2 in all modes. The Thermo Scientific Niton XLi and XLp 300 Series XRF
analyzers are the only instruments that report both K and L-shell results,
making our users more productive, their results more accurate, and their
inspections legally defensible.
Why settle for radioisotope sources that should be replaced every 9 months,
or ineffectual x-ray tube devices that can’t do the job well enough to avoid
paint chip analysis? The choice is obvious, Niton XLi and XLp: bringing the user
the longest source life with 109Cd, while meeting the concept of ALARA – as low
as reasonably achievable, the basic principle behind radiation safety – for
safe, accurate, and reliable results, every time.
