X-ray Fluorescence
MSCL core logging & Innov-X handheld XRF spectrometers
Geotek’s range of Multi-Sensor Core Logger systems enable automated, co-registered collection of non-destructive data from multiple sensors along whole or split cores. The Innov-X handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer can now be integrated into new or existing MSCL systems, providing automated collection of geochemical data, co-registered with complementary geophysical data. Elemental analyses can be used directly in environmental studies or indirectly as proxies for changes in sediment or rock mineralogy.
Integration of the handheld XRF
The handheld Innov-X XRF spectrometer is a versatile instrument for any laboratory that does field research. Mounting the handheld XRF unit onto a Geotek MSCL system is a simple and reversible removal of the handle, so that the unit can be returned to handheld use at any time. When mounted on the MSCL, the XRF sensor is counterbalanced with an adjustable weight so the instrument only lightly touches the surface when working with soft, plastic-wrapped split core. The Geotek software receives the elemental analyses from embedded Innov-X code, displaying and exporting them alongside data collected simultaneously from other sensors.
Standard track, benchtop, or multiple tray MSCL units
The Innov-X handheld XRF sensor can be mounted on three different Geotek track configurations.
The MSCL-S is the standard track, which is designed to measure both whole and split cores, and is compatible with all sensor types. The most compact unit is the MSCL-XZ, a bench-top system that makes measurements on split cores only. Laboratories that require a high-throughput of split core should consider the MSCL-XYZ, which can take nine 1.5-metre long sections of core at once (or a mining rock core tray), for many hours of automated logging. Custom track configurations can also be designed and built for specific applications.
Other compatible sensors
XRF data can be collected simultaneously with other split-core data, such as colour spectrophotometry and magnetic susceptibility. Split-core data can be easily co-registered with data collected on whole core (gamma density, P-wave velocity, magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, natural gamma spectrometry). Geoscan IV linescan images or MSCL-XCT X-ray images can also be registered to XRF data with confidence.
Sensor Manufacturer:
Innov-X Systems (http://www.innovx.com/products/handheld)
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