inXitu's BTX for Quantitative Limestone Silica Quartz X-ray Diffraction Analysis |
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inXitu Inc.
2551 Casey Avenue, Suite A
Mountain View, CA, 94043
USA
Press release date: August 12, 2009
Recent advances in the field of X-ray diffraction (XRD) now make it possible to easily perform quantitative analysis of the common minerals associated with limestone, where previously X-ray diffraction has been considered too complex and costly for use by most limestone production facilities.
Leading this change is inXitu's introduction of the BTX benchtop XRD analyzer enabling true, quantitative mineral determination in a cost-effective, easy-to-use instrument, with the capability to analyze alpha-quartz and asbestos minerals as well as common minerals such as, calcite and dolomite.
Regulation of crystalline silica - occupational exposure to respirable silica - remains a high priority on the agendas of global health and safety administrations in their drive to limit the disabling, dust-related lung disease, silicosis.
Limestone production, identified by regulators as an occupation at elevated risk of exposure to silica inhalation, can at last move forward with inXitu's BTX X-ray diffraction instrument as the chosen method of analysis for precise quantitative determination of crystalline phases in respirable dust. An application study is available on request.
For further information, please contact
Rosemary Hills,
Marketing Communications
inXitu, Inc.
Email: rosemary.hills@inxitu.net
www.inxitu.com
About inXitu, Inc.
inXitu is a privately held company and a leader in portable XRD/XRF based instrumentation. They specialize in developing the technologies required to enable the next generation of scientific instruments used for materials analysis. The technology used in their portable rock and mineral analyzer has received the prestigious R&D 100 award and has been chosen to fly on the Mars Science Laboratory, Rover, scheduled for launch in 2009.
Contact:
Brad Boyer
inXitu Inc.
2551 Casey Avenue
Suite A
Mountain View,
CA 94043
USA
Phone 650 567 0081
Fax 650 567 0082
bboyer@inxitu.com
www.inxitu.com
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