Pittcon 2012 Announces Waters Symposium

This year's symposium will recognize the development and application of portable handheld x-ray fluorescence spectrometers and will focus primarily on the later generation of products that continue to drive explosive growth in XRF use in the field.

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Pittcon 2012 Recognizes Pioneers of Portable Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers

Pittcon 2012 is pleased to announce the highlights of the 23rd James L. Waters Annual Symposium, "The Development and Application of Portable Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers." This year's symposium will recognize the development and application of portable handheld x-ray fluorescence spectrometers and will focus primarily on the later generation of products that continue to drive explosive growth in the use of XRF in the field.

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The Waters Symposium will be held during Pittcon 2012, on Monday, March 12, 2:00 p.m. Room 300 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. The following panel of speakers will recognize the pioneers who were critical in the development of this innovative instrumentation: Lee Grodzins, AS&E, "The Birth and Maturation of Handheld XRF Spectrometers;" Andrew T. Elllis,Oxford Instruments, "X-MET HHXRF Analyzers: A Stainless History;" Stanislaw Piorek, Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers, "The Evolution of Analytical Capabilities of Field Portable and Handheld XRF Analyzers - From Pencil and Slide Rule to Fundamental Parameters Based Algorithms;" Alan Huber, Amptek, Inc., "The Development of Detectors for Handheld XRF;" and Charles Jensen, Moxtek, Inc., "Performance Improvements in Miniature X-ray Sources."

Complete speaker bios are available at www.pittcon.org.

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