From manufacturing and aerospace to recycling and resource recovery, metals analysis plays a key role in driving progress across today’s industrial landscape. This Industry Focus eBook takes you inside the evolving techniques, materials, and technologies that are changing the way metals are identified, processed, and optimized - for both performance and sustainability.
You’ll see how advanced tools are bringing new levels of precision to tasks like alloy sorting, stainless steel identification, and heat treatment monitoring. The collection also explores how portable XRF instruments are helping streamline aluminum workflows, along with the latest breakthroughs in high-temperature alloys built to perform under extreme conditions.
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Highlights
- Practical approaches to identifying metals and alloys in manufacturing and recycling
- Real-time alloy monitoring during heat treatment for better process control
- Portable XRF applications that improve aluminum sorting efficiency
- The industrial role of antimony and developments in next-generation alloys
- Sustainable strategies for more effective scrap metal recycling
This eBook offers an in-depth look at the tools and innovations redefining metals analysis, revealing how precision techniques and smarter materials are driving efficiency, quality, and sustainability across modern industry.
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Some of the content in this eBook has been sourced, reviewed and adapted from materials provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific – Handheld Elemental & Radiation Detection.
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