Bruker Announces Breakthrough in Analytical Performance with World's First Handheld XRF with Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) : Bruker's Innovative TRACERturboSD Offers Unprecedented Specificity and Speed Bruker AXS today announced a technology breakthrough with the introduction of the new TRACERturboSD (TM), the world’s first handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrument that uses a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) for dramatically improved speed, sensitivity and resolution. Bruker's industry-leading proprietary XFlash™ SDD, previously available only in high-performance laboratory XRF instruments, now offers unprecedented speed and analytical specificity when integrated into the novel handheld TRACERturboSD. - 2008-06-25

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