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Phoenix – Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer
World class heritage and knowledge. Isotopx are the TIMS specialists. Isotopx was formed in February 2008 as a Management buyout (MBO) from GV instruments. The BO was in response to Thermo Corporation’s purchase of GV instruments and the subsequent enquiry by the UK Competition Commission into the purchase. We trace our heritage to the very…
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NGX-600 Noble Gass Mass Spectrometer
Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry is used to study the isotopic composition of the noble gas group of elements – helium (He), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), neon (Ne), xenon (Xe). They can be used for dating e.g. Argon isotopes, or as isotopic tracers in earth and cosmochemical evolution. The NGX-600 mass spectrometer from Isotopx is the…
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DG60 High Performance Filament Degassing Unit with Advanced Automation
Overview The Isotopx DG60 is a floor standing, self contained filament degassing unit capable of automatically preparing up to 60 TIMS filaments per cycle. The most advanced software control of any commercially available TIMS degasser. Filaments split into banks of 10, each with its own degassing method consisting of multiple ramp and hold steps. No…
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Phoenix Site Planning Guide
The purpose of this site planning guide is to provide users with specific information regarding the instrument requirements to allow adequate site preparation. This site planning guide will enable our users to prepare their laboratory with the necessary services and minimise any possible delays. The Phoenix TIMS is a high precision electronic instrument whose performance…
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Selected Bibliography of Peer-reviewed Publications
This bibliography provides a list of selected recent publications in which Isotopx TIMS instruments were used to generate analytical data. The first revision of the Isotopx bibliography was released in April 2012 and proved extremely popular with over 100 website downloads (it was the second most popular download after the Phoenix brochure). Of course, literature…
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Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Electronics upgrade package
Noble gas mass spectrometers are built to last. There are no moving parts and the vacuum envelope will become cleaner with time as the instrument is periodically baked. However, the electronics and software on the instrument will become dated, unreliable and unsupported by instrument manufacturers. For the user the only option would be to buy…