The Q8 MAGELLAN - spectrometer for complete metal analysis

Customerization is in demand especially where high-tech metals are processed and produced for the manufacturing of high-tech products in aerospace, the automotive industry and generally demanding materials in the steel and aluminum industry. For metal analysis during the manufacturing process, Bruker’s Q8 MAGELLAN is ready equipped with the necessary, rather unusual line combinations according to customer requirements.

Today Bruker’s Q8 MAGELLAN is considered one of the most perfect instruments of its class on the market. Very accurately and quickly, the spectrometer performs even the most demanding analytical tasks, scoring with its highest precision, lowest detection limits and outstanding stability. Bruker's high-end analyzer is the first spectrometer worldwide that offers a previously unseen quality of analysis because of its possibility for unlimited combinations of measurement parameters.

The most important reason for the Q8 MAGELLAN’s outstanding capabilities is its statistical evaluation of time-resolved measurements of the individual spark. This allows new algorithms for the determination of dissolved / undissolved element portions and also helps to detect non-metallic inclusions. Oxygen content, oxide and sulphide inclusions, and particle size distribution of various oxide and sulphide types (such as aluminum oxide, calcium aluminate and magnesium aluminate spinels) can all be determined with the Q8 MAGELLAN. For samples with a copper matrix, the spectrometer features such small limits of detection with the necessary tight tolerances that the elemental composition of pure copper with a few ppm impurities can be analyzed.

To carry out the measuring process under optimum conditions, the Q8 MAGELLAN uses a pneumatic sample clamp at the sparkstand. This enables user-friendly operation and ensures the stable fixation of the sample during the spark, a precise analysis flow and ultimately accurate results. At the same time, it also allows a quick change of the samples. Because of the open sparkstand, the analysis of bulky samples, sometimes 50 cm wide, is also possible. The subsequent analysis is carried out by one-button technology – as fast as it gets.