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Why is my Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t XRF analyzer telling me that the aluminum is plastic when I’m using TestAll mode?

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Why is my Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t XRF analyzer telling me that the aluminum is plastic when I’m using TestAll mode?

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• The XRF analyzer views the aluminum spectrum as more similar to a plastic than a metal. Because both aluminum and plastic are light density matrices, TestAll will designate Al as a plastic matrix.