Optical Emission Spectrometer analyzes elements of steel.
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Model ARL 4460 measures trace gaseous elements in steel to facilitate quality control processes. It detects Carbon down to 0.4 ppm, Nitrogen to 1.5 ppm, Oxygen to 8 ppm, Phosphorus down to 0.3 ppm, and Sulfur down to 0.7 ppm. Results are typically available within 55 sec after just 2 runs.
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Thermo Electron's Metals Analyzer Achieves Improved Elemental Analysis of Steel
ECUBLENS, Switzerland (December 6, 2004) - With the ARL 4460 high performance optical emission spectrometer from Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE:TMO), steel producers can now perform - in addition to increasingly accurate and precise measurements that guarantee the quality of their alloys - improved analysis of the elements Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N), Oxygen (O), Phosphorus (P) and Sulfur (S) at very low levels. The increased sensitivity of the ARL 4460 metals analyzer allows the cost-effective manufacture of cleaner steels.
The ARL 4460 can detect extremely low levels of gaseous elements in steel very rapidly. Results are typically available within 55 seconds after just two runs. Costly and much slower combustion analyzers traditionally used to detect C, N, O, P and S elements are now more and more redundant. This allows manufacturers to significantly reduce their production and operating costs.
Detection limits obtained with Thermo's ARL 4460 metals analyzer - 0.4 ppm on C, 1.5 ppm on N, 8 ppm on O, 0.3 ppm on P and 0.7 ppm on S down from 1.5 ppm on C, 2.7 ppm on N, 15 ppm on O - considerably improve quantitative analysis. Accuracy, stability and precision are further parameters that benefit from the ARL 4460's new levels of performance - for example, precision is 0.4 ppm at 10 ppm C and 0.8 ppm at 20 ppm N.
The analytical results achieved with the ARL 4460 are all the more significant given the pressures on the steel industry to improve quality control systems and processes. Thermo's metal analyzers have already been deployed in hundreds of plants around the world and routinely measure important trace elements. They are constantly being upgraded based on customer feedback to offer better levels of detection.
For more information about the ARL 4460 or Thermo Electron's range of optical emission spectrometers, please call +1 800-532-4752, e-mail analyze@thermo.com or visit www.thermo.com/elemental
About Elemental Analysis
A leader in AA, ICP, ICP-MS, X-ray, Coulometry and OE spectrometers for fast, accurate analysis of liquids, solids, and powders, Thermo Electron's elemental-analysis systems are used for process and quality control, environmental and hazardous-materials monitoring, and R&D in the environmental, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, food and beverage, petrochemical, metal, and geological markets. Our acclaimed line of elemental-analysis products includes mobile, desktop, laboratory, and automation models. For more information, visit www.thermo.com/elemental
About Thermo Electron Corporation
Thermo Electron Corporation is the world leader in analytical instruments. Our instrument solutions enable our customers to make the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place. Thermo's Life and Laboratory Sciences segment provides analytical instruments, scientific equipment, services, and software solutions for life science, drug discovery, clinical, environmental, and industrial laboratories. Thermo's Measurement and Control segment is dedicated to providing analytical instruments used in a variety of manufacturing processes and in-the-field applications, including those associated with safety and homeland security. Based near Boston, Massachusetts, Thermo has revenues of more than $2 billion, and employs approximately 10,000 people in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.thermo.com.
