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Bruker Unit to Launch EDS System at Pittcon Next Month

Feb 16, 2006

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (GenomeWeb News) - Bruker AXS Microanalysis, a division of Bruker BioSciences, will launch its Quantax Quad energy-dispersive spectroscopy system during Pittcon next month, the company said today.

 

Pittcon will be held in Orlando, Fla., beginning on March 13.

 

The EDS system allows X-ray microanalysis on electron microscopes.

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