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Product Specifications

Thermo Scientific Niton XLp 300
Series analyzers set the industry
standard for lead analysis in
applications ranging from paint, to
soils and sediments, to dust wipes
and air filters, to screening for the
presence of lead in toys, fabrics,
ceramic goods, and other childaccessible products.

Thermo Scientific
Niton XLp 300
The ideal tool for lead analysis

Thermo Scientific Niton XLp 300 Series analyzers provide
many distinct advantages:
•t The only lead paint analyzer with the ideal PCS
•t Soil mode to evaluate outdoor risks
•t Dust mode to pre-screen abatement or renovation work
•t Consumer Products mode for complete EBL evaluation

Unparalled performance for residential lead inspection.

Government regulations, increased public
awareness, and legal action have all
driven requirements for the identification
of lead hazards in the environment. With
documented effects, such as diminished
learning abilities in children, kidney and
central nervous system damage, as well
as reduced fertility and miscarriages,
researchers concluded almost a decade
ago that there is no safe level of lead
exposure.1
Public health officials, environmental
professionals, and community activists
face an overwhelming challenge: pinpoint
lead’s location in the environment, identify
the sources of contamination, and confirm
that clearance criteria have been achieved
after abatement. The traditional approach
built on field-based sample collection,
combined with laboratory analysis, largely
has been replaced by the use of handheld
equipment – effectively bringing the lab
into the field. Thermo Scientific Niton
x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers quickly
identify and quantify lead in virtually all
sample types: paint, consumer goods, soil,
sediment, dust, air, and more.
Supported by a Performance Characteristic
Sheet (PCS) documenting no inconclusive

readings, no need for substrate correction,
and no false positives/false negative readings,
the Niton® XLp 300 Series can determine in
seconds whether lead is positive (defined by
the US EPA as greater than or equal to 1.0
mg/cm2) or negative. If you are in a jurisdiction
with more stringent standards, you can easily
change the action level to ensure compliance
with local regulations. Actual lead values
are also displayed, permitting you to more
accurately quantify the hazards associated
with particular samples. And our patented
depth index goes one step further, telling you
whether lead is present on the surface, or
whether it is deeply buried within the paint
matrix.
The analysis of lead dust poses another
challenge. Widely acknowledged as the
primary source of childhood lead poisoning2,
lead dust is hazardous even in very small
amounts. Standard practice involves
collecting the dust on an ASTM-compliant
towelette wiped over a defined area. This
step is followed by analysis of the “wipe” for
determination of the lead load, which yields
a lead-dust concentration in µg/ft2. The Niton
XLp 300 Series XRF analyzer offers the ability
to perform this analysis on site using the
optional Dust Wipe Analysis mode.