X-Strata980 for analysis of
plated precious metals
Precious metals such as Gold (Au), Platinum (Pt), Silver (Ag), Rhodium (Rh) etc. are used in the manufacture of jewellery and fashion accessories. They can be the main components, or be used as a thin coating for surface finish.
Composition analysis at the time of manufacturing, casting, selling/buying, recycling, or refining is needed to ensure quality and value of the product.
For plated fashion and custom jewellery and accessories the thickness of the plated precious metal must be controlled to control production cost, and ensure final aspect, quality, and durability.
Oxford Instruments’ latest benchtop small-spot XRF analyser, the X-Strata980,
provides a simple, rapid, and non-destructive solution for accurate precious
metals composition analysis and coating thickness analysis.
The X-Strata980 enables the user to:
- Analyse each melt before casting, preventing costly rejects
- Screens dore bars, jewellery, and precious metal scrap for karat analysis, enabling rapid assessment of quality and value without destroying the sample
- Measure multiple layers thickness (e.g. Au over Ni over brass) to ensure optimised process and cost control.
CMI900 Series Instant Assayer is an accurate showroom solution for assayers to verify jewellery
- Rapid screening
- Simple, user-friendly software
- Reliable results after minimum amount of training
- Non-destructive analysis
- No sample preparation, no chemicals, no waste
- Analysis of small to large samples