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NANOPIX mini
Features
  • SAXS measurement in the ultra-small angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) range
  • Engineered for both quality control and research & development applications
  • Non-technical operation for routine particle size distribution determinations
  • Delivers nanoparticle characterization needed for regulatory compliance
  • Perfect for opaque suspensions not easily addressable with other techniques
  • Suitable for use with solids – like plastics, rubbers and polymers
  • Compact benchtop design with a small countertop footprint
  • Innovative design using proven components for low cost of ownership
  • Automatic sample changer for higher throughput
  • New easy-to-use SmartLab Studio II SAXS software
  • Touchscreen graphical user interface operation
  • Compact Bonse-Hart USAXS camera design

Benchtop small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) instrument

Non-destructive measurement of particle size and size distribution

NANOPIX mini

Rigaku NANOPIX mini is the world’s first benchtop small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) system that is engineered to deliver automatic nanoparticle size distribution analysis for both quality control (QC) and research and development (R&D) applications. Nanoparticle size, size distribution, and particle shape are the key pieces of information obtained from SAXS. Samples may range from solutions, suspensions or slurries to solid plastics, rubbers or polymers.

Nanoparticles in consumer and industrial products

Nanomaterials offer technical and commercial opportunities, but may pose risks to the environment and raise health and safety concerns for humans and animals. As such, countries around the world have enacted increasingly stringent laws concerning the manufacture and distribution of nanomaterials. The Rigaku NANOPIX mini SAXS instrument offers unique analytical capabilities, relative to other particle measurement techniques – including the ability to measure opaque and solid samples – that offer superior data quality for regulation-driven nanoparticle characterization in consumer and industrial products.

NANOPIX mini offers unique capabilities

Rigaku NANOPIX mini is the first benchtop small angle X-ray scattering system dedicated to the characterization of nanoparticles in both research and production environments. With a revolutionarily small footprint and performance superior to traditional “big iron” systems, this compact instrument offers enhanced angular resolution through its line-focus X-ray source and superior combination of high figure-of-merit optics.

Specifications
Product name NANOPIX mini
Technique SAXS
Benefit Non-destructive measurement of particle size and size distribution
Technology Benchtop SAXS
Core attributes Based on the Bonse-Hart configuration, line-focus optics, 600 W X-ray generator
Core options Various holders and sample cell
Computer External PC, MS Windows® OS, NANOPIX mini Guidance, SmartLAB Studio II
Core dimensions 580 (W) x 730 (H) x 500 (D) (mm)
Mass 90 kg (core unit)
Power requirements 1Ø, 90-110 V, 10 A 

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