EXP-2 Complete XRF Experimenter's Kit
New in 2019 – The EXP-2 Complete XRF Experimenter’s Kit. Including new 10 W X-ray tube option, increased
radiation safety features, and updated XRF-FP software.
Amptek’s Experimenter’s XRF Kit is a package designed to help a user quickly begin doing elemental analysis via Xray fluorescence (XRF). It includes hardware and software supplied by Amptek. Once this kit is assembled and thesoftware configured and calibrated, one can begin doing simple analyses. This kit is general purpose and not
tailored to a specific application but can be the starting point for a customized system.
The XRF Kit is available with your choice of Amptek Fast SDD™ or Si-PIN detector. The user must supply a Windows
7 or later PC with three (3) available USB ports.
Amptek Experimenter’s XRF Kit Includes:• X-123 Complete Spectrometer with Fast SDD™ or Si-PIN detector• Mini-X2 USB Controlled X-Ray Tube
• XRF-FP Quantitative Analysis Software• Test stand with shielding and sample enclosure• Stainless Steel 316 (SS316) test sample• Complete documentation with stepby-step instructions• XRF Kit wizard for quick software setup

AMPTEK, Inc.

14 DeAngelo Drive, Bedford, MA 01730-2204 USA+1 781 275-2242 Fax: +1 781 275-3470 www.amptek.com sales@amptek.com

EXP-2 Complete XRF Experimenter's Kit

Amptek EXP-2
XRF Experimenter’s Kit shownwith sample enclosure opened.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) For the XRF Experimenter's Kit
Is this XRF Experimenter’s Kit comparable to a turnkey XRF system?

This kit contains all hardware and software required to perform energy dispersive XRF (EDXRF) measurements, but
it is not a turnkey system. It requires assembly, configuration of hardware and software, and calibration.
A turnkey system is generally designed to handle a wide range of measurement applications. If a user has a specificapplication, particularly one that is challenging for turnkey systems, the Amptek Experiment’s XRF Kit lets the user optimize
the entire system for that one application. It is a very powerful tool for specific and challenging measurement applications.
But to obtain its advantages, the user must invest the time to fully optimize the hardware, the software, the calibration
procedures, and so on.
A turnkey system is designed for an operator with minimal training. The operator turns on the system, takes ameasurement, and the system gives the answer. The designers of the turnkey system have already optimized theconfiguration, calibrated the system, and evaluated its measurement uncertainty. The Experiment’s XRF Kit requires a user
to carry out these steps and to have the knowledge to carry them out. It is possible to use the Experiment’s XRF Kit tofabricate a prototype of an OEM system, which is simple to use, but this requires development effort.

To do XRF, do I need to buy or build anything other than Amptek’s Experimenter’s XRF Kit?

No, the Experiment’s XRF Kit provides everything including radiation shielding. User’s must be trained in radiation
safety and fully understand the radiation precautions and instructions provided.

What must I do to start using the Experimenter’s XRF Kit as a laboratory prototype?

1) The kit comes with instructions to guide you through (a) assembling the hardware, (b) installing the software, (c)selecting a “basic” configuration which permits you to acquire a spectrum, and (d) calibrating the energy scale.
2) The kit comes with a single sample material, a piece of stainless steel 316, to use in initial setup and calibration. You
must obtain any other samples necessary.
3) You need to optimize the configuration of the system for your measurement application. There are many parameters toconsider: the energy and filtering of the excitation source, geometry of the detector, tube and sample, the parameters of
the signal processor (there are a many parameters, though usually only a few are key), and the parameters of the spectrum
processing and analysis software.
4) You need to calibrate the energy scale. For accurate results, you also need to calibrate the analysis software using
samples of known composition.
AMPTEK, Inc.

14 DeAngelo Drive, Bedford, MA 01730-2204 USA+1 781 275-2242 Fax: +1 781 275-3470 www.amptek.com sales@amptek.com