What is XRF Analysis?
Look on the wonders of Petra, Jordan, an ancient city carved out of sandstone. What secrets lie within? Archaeologists ask the same question, but they go a little deeper than the over one million tourists who visit the site each year—into the very stone itself. XRF analysis, a technique that harnesses the power of x-ray fluorescence, gives them insight into what the stone is made of, how old it is, even where it came from, down to the smithy where the tools were forged that chiseled out its famed pillars. XRF analysis is a powerful test method for everything from archaeology to alloy fabrication, mining, identifying precious metals, inspecting consumer goods, and art conservation.
To understand modern XRF analysis, however, you need to know what an XRF Analyzer is….
5G Test Equipment
5G is dawning, and with it, 5G test equipment. 5G networks, autonomous vehicles and smart cities will complicate the already dense ecosystem of electromagnetic fields in modern society, meaning manufacturers need to comply with a new set of standards. Enter the 3GPP, or 3rd Generation Partnership Project, a collaborative entity that is overseeing 5G standardization and has released a preliminary standard: 5G New Radio (NR). A new generation of test systems with built-in 5G signal simulation, generation and analysis has arrived in response to 5G NR’s requirements…
Company Description
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals (known as ATEC) rents out the test instruments that measure, inspect and diagnose the world. Modern society’s foundational technologies, from integrated circuits to fiber cabling, all require testing to enhance quality, safeguard people and meet industry standards. Our products probe the semiconductors in your phone for rogue electromagnetic emissions, capture thermal images of slumped bodies behind smoke for firefighters—even give insight into the performance of the network you used to access this webpage.
We equip multinational companies on the frontier of technological advancement with the tools to answer the perennial question: does this work?
Founded in 1981 by entrepreneur Jim Berg, ATEC is headquartered in San Diego, California, its warehouse nestled in the heart of Sorrento Valley’s tech companies. Berg’s vision for ATEC was a company dedicated to customer service—empowering customers with the best technical knowledge, the best equipment and the best solution to meet their standards and their deadlines. For decades, ATEC has partnered with the EMC, electrical, defense, aerospace, medical, automotive, semiconductor, telecom industries and more to achieve this goal.
Multipaction
Multipaction—a combination of “multiple” and “impaction”—is a term that describes an electron avalanche triggered by RF in a vacuum environment. Multipaction is the result of RF signals accelerating free electrons towards the walls of a component, in most cases a waveguide, with enough energy that their impact creates secondary electrons. The electrons multiply rapidly, building and building into what is called an electron avalanche, which in turn causes electrical discharges. Multipaction only occurs in vacuum environments like space because electrons collide with air in most environments, slowing them down and decreasing their potential to release secondary electrons. Satellite components are the most common victims of this phenomenon due to their repeated exposure to high power RF emissions in space…
Olympus IPLEX NX Borescope
The Olympus IPLEX NX Industrial Videoscope is a high-resolution flaw inspection instrument capable of pairing with interchangeable scopes that vary in length, diameter and durability. IPLEX NX videoscopes capture H1024 x V768 pixel video with clarity enough to magnify motes of dust. Measurement capabilities are expanded for technicians by the system’s advanced stereo measurement feature, rendering every inspection quick and efficient. Designed for flexible positioning, Olympus IPLEX NX models effortlessly slip into narrow places and deliver video to a wide 8.4 inch touch screen display readable in any light. Technicians can then analyze the video for faults. Choose from the following scopes, which come in varying lengths to meet multiple applications…
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