The systems use atmospheric thin window detectors capable of detecting carbon X-rays. X-ray maps of up to 8 elements can be obtained simultaneously. The digital images and X-ray maps can be stored on a zip disk for later viewing and analysis. SEM images can be colorized and x-ray elemental maps can be color coded by element. Both can be printed using a Hewlett Packard DeskJet 694C printer.
Software is available for qualitative, semi-qualitative, and full quantitative elemental analysis.