Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t Series with geometrically optimized large area drift detector (GOLDD) technology. Groundbreaking GOLDD technology delivers improvements in light element detection, overall sensitivity and measurement times – as much as 10 times faster than conventional Si-PIN detectors, and up to 3 times more precise than conventional smaller, silicon drift detectors. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world’s leading manufacturer of handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.

Thermo Fisher was able to surpass the performance of conventional Si-PIN and SDD detectors by combining the award-winning Niton XL3t’s 50kV, 2-watt x-ray tube, closely optimized geometry and patented signal processing hardware and software. When combined with our proprietary large area drift detector, it creates GOLDD technology, delivering superior performance in the form of faster analysis and lower detection limits. Further, this innovation allows light element detection of magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) without helium or vacuum purging.