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Metals and Alloys

In the metals industry, precise elemental analysis is essential for process control, alloy composition verification, and quality assurance across raw materials and finished products. Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometry provides fast, accurate, and non-destructive quantification of major and trace elements in steels, alloys, and slags. Its superior resolution and stability enable consistent monitoring from ore to final metal products.

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Ensuring quality across the metal value chain

WDXRF has been widely applied throughout the metals sector, demonstrating how accurate elemental analysis supports process optimization, product uniformity, and regulatory compliance.

  • Iron ores and sinters: Determination of total Fe and FeO ensures proper blending and sintering control, contributing to stable furnace operation.
  • Steels (carbon, low alloy, stainless): Precise multi-element quantification verifies alloy composition, ensuring mechanical performance and specification compliance.
  • Blast furnace slags: Quantitative oxide analysis helps monitor slag chemistry for efficient refining and impurity removal.
  • Nonferrous and specialty alloys (aluminum, copper, Ni-Co, Be-Cu): WDXRF provides rapid composition control and impurity detection across various specialty alloys.

The application notes below present real measurement data from these representative cases, demonstrating the reliability of WDXRF for both production and quality assurance in the metals industry.

Application notes

Iron ores and sinters: Composition and oxide ratio control
WDXRF1047 - Highly Accurate Determination of Total Iron in Natural and Processed Iron Ores using Pressed Powder Method Read Application Note
WDXRF1111 - FeO Analysis in Iron Ore Sinters Using the XRD Channel on multi-channel XRF Spectrometer Simultix15 Read Application Note
Steels and cast irons: Composition verification and alloy certification
WDXRF1120 - Quantitative Analysis of Low Alloy Steel using the ZSX Primus III NEXT Read Application Note
WDXRF1009 - Quantitative Analysis of Low Alloy Steel Read Application Note
WDXRF1042 - Quantitative Analysis of Low Alloy Steel using the Supermini200 Read Application Note
WDXRF1123 - Quantitative Analysis of Stainless Steel using the ZSX Primus III NEXT Read Application Note
WDXRF1021 - Quantitative Analysis of Stainless Steel Read Application Note
WDXRF1121 - Quantitative Analysis of Cast Iron using ZSX Primus III NEXT Read Application Note
WDXRF1017 - Quantitative Analysis of Cast Iron Read Application Note
Blast furnace slags: Quantitative oxide analysis for process control
WDXRF1124 - Quantitative Analysis of Blast Furnace Slag by Fusion Method on the ZSX Primus III NEXT Read Application Note
WDXRF1024 - Quantitative Analysis of Blast Furnace Slag by Fusion Method Read Application Note
WDXRF1025 - Quantitative Analysis of Blast Furnace Slag by the Pressed Powder Method Read Application Note
Nonferrous and specialty alloys: Multi-element and trace analysis for specialty metals
WDXRF1098 - Fe, Ni and Co Alloy Analysis by the Fundamental Parameter Method using the Simultix 15 Read Application Note
WDXRF1091 - Beryllium Analysis in Beryllium Copper Alloy using ZSX Primus IV with RX85 Read Application Note
WDXRF1055 - Quantitative Analysis of Aluminum Alloy on Supermini200 Read Application Note
Additional application notes
WDXRF1111 - FeO Analysis in Iron Ore Sinters Using the XRD Channel on multi-channel XRF Spectrometer Simultix 15 Read Application Note
WDXRF1047 - Highly Accurate Determination of Total Iron in Natural and Processed Iron Ores using Pressed Powder Method Read Application Note
WDXRF1024 - Quantitative Analysis of Blast Furnace Slag by Fusion Method Read Application Note
WDXRF1098 - Fe, Ni and Co Alloy Analysis by the Fundamental Parameter Method using the Simultix 15 Read Application Note
WDXRF1091 - Beryllium Analysis in Beryllium Copper Alloy using ZSX Primus IV with RX85 Read Application Note

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