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SGS unveils automated pXRF tech to speed up critical minerals decisions

INSPECTION and certification company SGS has deployed Automated Portable X-Ray Fluorescence technology in Australia to speed up critical minerals testing and pathfinder analysis.

SGS' automated portable XRF machine.

SGS' automated portable XRF machine.

The technology, designed by SGS and Evident, is a step forward from the conventional, manual XRF process. Manual XRF analysis requires operators to load and unload each powder rock sample individually....

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