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ElvaX ProSpector for Regulatory Compliance

ElvaX ProSpector for Regulatory Compliance

10:39 - 04/03/2021

A lot of European, US and international directives has been introduced for reducing the impact of harmful elements in consumer goods on human health and environmental. The best technique for screening of products for heavy metals and restricted substances is X-ray fluorescence analysis due to its excellent sensitivity (lead, mercury, chromium, antimony and other hazardous elements can be detected at ppm level), high performance and non-destruc

What is X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
ElvaX ProSpector for Positive material identification
Advantages of the CMOS sensor in the GNR OES analyzer

ElvaX Prospector solves a lot of tasks, including following restricted hazardous substance
directives:

  • EU RoHS II. Restricted substances: Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr, PBB, PBDE in electronic equipment;
  • EU WEEE. The same restricts, as in RoHS, but in waste electronic equipment;
  • EU ELV. Restricts an amount of certain heavy metals, such as cadmium, lead, mercury and hexavalent chromium in end of live vehicles;
  • USA CPSIA 2008. It limits the lead content in toys to 100 ppm level; 
  • USA Halogen free Directive;
  • California Proposition 65;


And testing methods:

  • ASTM F2617-15. Standard Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Chromium, Bromine, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Polymeric Material Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry.
  • ASTM F963-11. Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety.
  • CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3. Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Total Lead (Pb) in Children’s Metal Products.
  • CPSC-CH-E1002-08.3. Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Total Lead (Pb) in Nonmetal Children’s Products.

ElvaX ProSpector is a handheld ED-XRF spectrometer equipped with 40kV tungsten anode tube, 5 primary beam filters and Silicon drift detector (SDD) or PIN detector. Instrument provides measurement of all toxic elements listed in majority regulatory directives.


ElvaX ProSpector is rugged and light (around 1.5 kg) and provides full-day (8 hours) of constant operations on battery. Device has intuitive user interface and requires very little operation training.


You can customize the display choosing between ppm and PASS/FAIL mode. ElvaX ProSpector will automatically identify plastic or metal and choose appropriate measurement mode.

 

Repeatability test was made to demonstrate the precision of the instrument. Both PE and PVC samples were measured 10 times for 30 seconds each time. Average concentration, absolute and relative standard deviation was calculated. Repeatability test for PE and PVC is demonstrated at tables:

 

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