Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Handheld Niton庐 XRF Analyzer with Large Area D

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Handheld Niton庐 XRF Analyzer with Large Area Drift Detector

New Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t Series Analyzers with GOLDD?? Technology Provide Much Faster

Testing Speed and Dramatically Improved Analytical Performance

BILLERICA, Mass. (November 10, 2008) ?? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving

science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t Series with geometrically optimized large

area drift detector (GOLDD) technology. Groundbreaking GOLDD technology delivers improvements in

light element detection, overall sensitivity and measurement times ?? as much as 10 times faster than

conventional Si-PIN detectors, and up to 3 times more precise than conventional smaller, silicon drift

detectors. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world??s leading manufacturer of handheld x-ray fluorescence

(XRF) analyzers.

Thermo Fisher was able to surpass the performance of conventional Si-PIN and SDD detectors by

combining the award-winning Niton XL3t??s 50kV, 2-watt x-ray tube, closely optimized geometry and

patented signal processing hardware and software. When combined with our proprietary large area drift

detector, it creates GOLDD technology, delivering superior performance in the form of faster analysis and

lower detection limits. Further, this innovation allows light element detection of magnesium (Mg),

aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) without helium or vacuum purging.

????The Niton XL3t with GOLDD technology brings true lab-quality performance to a handheld XRF

analyzer. Although it??s easy to use and delivers fast analysis, it is extremely accurate, precise and can

measure light elements without helium or vacuum assistance,?? said Bob Wopperer, Thermo Fisher??s

director of business development for Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers. ??What??s more, it is the ideal multipurpose

instrument, whether you need to analyze metal alloys, carry out mining exploration and mapping,

detect soil contaminants, or screen toys, electronics and consumer goods for prohibited substances.??

Wopperer continued, ??For example, the Niton XL3t GOLDD is the definitive tool for scrap metal recycling,

making it easier to sort aluminum, titanium, and bronze alloys, as well as achieving superior performance

for tramp and trace element analysis. And in mining exploration, the instrument??s low detection limits are

designed to allow geologists to identify anomalies at or below the averages naturally found in the earth??s

crust, something previously not possible with handheld XRF.??

About Niton XL3 Series Analyzers

The Niton XL3 Series analyzers with GOLDD technology incorporate 80 MHz real-time digital signal

processing and dual state-of-the-art embedded processors for computation, data storage, live video

processing, and communication and come with many standard features and available options.

The standard Niton Data Transfer (NDT漏) Software, a suite of data management utilities, allows users to:

路 Customize the instrument

路 Set user permissions

路 Generate custom reports

路 Print certificates of analysis personalized with a company??s own logo

路 Remotely monitor and operate the instrument hands-free from a PC or PDA.

Integrated USB and Bluetooth?? communications provide direct data transfer to a PC or networked

storage device, eliminating the cumbersome data synchronization procedures required by PDA-based

XRF analyzers. The NDT file format preserves and protects the data from each sample analysis, ensuring

that this data is not unintentionally or intentionally compromised.

Additionally, users can locate areas of interest on a sample using the integrated color CCD camera and

the optional integrated 3 mm small-spot collimation, and then store the test area image along with the

analysis data. The Niton XL3 Series offers the only fully-integrated and environmentally-sealed tilting

color touch-screen display for easy viewing of sample results in any position and under virtually all lighting

conditions. Also, all Niton analyzers use third-generation lithium-ion batteries, providing the longest usage

cycle of any portable XRF analyzer.

The Niton XL3 Series continues to be available in a range of configurations and with an assortment of

optional features and accessories to suit a wide variety of analytical needs.

For more information, or to schedule an on-site demonstration, contact your local Niton Analyzers

representative or contact Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers directly at (800) 875-1578 (toll-free US), +1

978 670-7460, by e-mail at niton@thermofisher.com, or visit our website at http://www.thermo.com/niton.

Thermo Scientific is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers

to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $10 billion, we have more than

30,000 employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies,

hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well

as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier brands,

Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to

complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end

analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to

enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of

laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and

education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously

advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and

fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.

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