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Handheld XRF Spectrometers – Fast, Accurate, Field-Tested

Handheld XRF analyzers give you the freedom to work in the lab or in the field; it's your choice. Flexible instrument configurations allow you to choose a model that best fits your application. Contact our applications team to learn how XRF can help solve your material identification needs.

Introducing the new S1 TITAN

The new S1 TITAN is among the lightest (1.44 kg, including battery) tube-based handheld XRF analyzer on the market today. Be sure to visit the S1 TITAN page to learn more about this innovative handheld XRF analyzer!

Handheld XRF analyzers - What is it and how can it help you?

Are you new to Handheld XRF? Do you want a bit more information on what it is capable of? Please visit our Handheld XRF overview page.

Industries and applications are very diverse; some examples include:

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Historical development

What puts Bruker Elemental ahead of the technological curve? Our history as handheld XRF innovators.  Beginning in the early 1980s, a team of scientists from United Nuclear, working with the US Department of Energy, pioneered the earliest breakthroughs in portable XRF that led to the formation of Scitec, the company that later would become Bruker Elemental.
Since those early days, continued innovation has made handheld XRF technology an indispensable tool in fields as diverse as art conservation, scrap sorting, PMI in the petrochemical industry, and the NASA space exploration program. The S1 TURBOSD is the first portable alloy analyzer powered by the proprietary XFlash® SDD detector for dramatically increased speed and accuracy of analysis. The Tracer is now established as the foremost  portable XRF (PXRF) instrument for art and conservation and related applications.