ENHANCE YOUR ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS!
Rapid multi-elemental analysis and chemical imaging
PHI GmbH expands its product portfolio – new cooperation with Lightigo.
We are very pleased to represent Lightigo in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We are all very much looking forward to working with the company.
Lightigo is a developer and manufacturer of analytical instruments based on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, currently one of the most promising techniques in elemental analysis.
With Lightigo at our side, we have a new product for you in our portfolio, the FireFly.
What is FireFly?
The FireFly tool from our valued new partner Lightigo s.r.o. is a tool for rapid multi-elemental analysis and chemical imaging. It works based on so-called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).
Lightigo’s mission is to accelerate the transfer of LIBS technology into the industrial market.
With the FireFly instrument, which uses LIBS technology, you can significantly improve performance in most areas where elemental analysis is required.
FireFly analysis is fast, saving valuable measurement time and reducing the overall duration of your sample processing. Make your analysis much more environmentally friendly with low running costs and no need for additional chemicals.
Your challenges
In addition, there are a growing number of areas where the capabilities of LIBS in the FireFly tool are critical and exceptional, such as gemstone analysis (validation, provenance determination), lithium analysis in ores, etc.
- Are you looking for toxic metals in recycled plastics?
- Do you want to identify lithium in rocks?
- Are you looking for nanoparticles and markers in soft parts?
- Do you want to sort metals and plastics?
The flexibility of LIBS and the capabilities of FireFly offer solutions in many areas of research and industry.
Main Characteristics
Solid
Samples
1-100 ppm
Limits of Detection
10-150 µm
Spatial resolution
Chemical Imaging
and depth profiling
100 x 100 mm
Scanning area
100 Hz
Scanning rate
Efficient technology
Low operational costs
Wide range of elements
Including Li, Be, Mg, Na, N, C
Application areas
- General elemental analysis:
- Metallic, geology, plastic, and biology/organic materials
- Elemental imaging:
- Surface area chemical mapping, 2d visualization of elements concentrations
- Depth profiling:
- Analysis of multilayer materials
How does LIBS work?
LIBS in 3 steps
Efficient combination of Laser ablation and Atomic Emission Spetrctroscopy
LIBS is a contact-less qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis technique. It utilizes a high-energetic laser pulse for local atomization of the sample surface followed by the creation of a micro-plasma. This plasma is then analyzed by optical emission spectroscopy providing elemental analysis results.
LIBS is a very quick, flexible, and resource-efficient technique.
Laser ablation
Microplasma creation
Elemental analysis
Current benefits of using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
One of the main advantages is the speed of the analysis.
You can get results in a fraction of a second. At the same time, the sampling frequency can be more than 1 kHz. This allows you to visualise the distribution of the different elements.
You do not need any special sample preparation the samples. The individual analysis gives you information about the entire element composition.
Also, capture the profile of multilayer materials. LIBS is sensitive to most elements in the chemical table, including light metals, which are problematic for some of the competing instruments.
- Quick results (in a fraction of a second in a single measurement),
- Simple instrumentation (for many (in-situ) applications and remote control),
- No sample preparation (all states of matter possible),
- High sensitivity (even for light elements like Li, Be, Mg, Al, …
Contact us
Physical Electronics GmbH
Salzstraße 8
85622 Feldkirchen near Munich
Germany
Telephone: +49 89 96275 0
Email: info@phi-europe.com
Lab: lab@phi-europe.com
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