Your Partners In Portable Analysis

Conquer your toughest analytical challenges with the help of our dedicated team of industry experts. Handheld Scientific is the premier source of fast, precise analysis equipment and local, hands-on support for California, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming

Solutions For Your Individual Needs

With a combined 50 years of experience, our team is here to solve your unique analytical challenges. Our partnerships with global industry leaders like Thermo Fisher ensure that the gold standard of analysis tools is at your fingertips. We represent products that address a wide range of professional needs, but they all have one thing in common – high-quality, fast, reliable results.

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What We Have To Offer

Thermo Scientific Niton XRF Analyzers

Get fast, nondestructive laboratory-quality elemental analysis with the push of a button. Using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology, Thermo Scientific Niton XRF Analyzers deliver fast, precise results with unmatched simplicity, features, and performance. Whether analyzing alloys, precious metals, geological samples, soil, or consumer goods, Thermo Scientific Niton XRF delivers fast, accurate results with purpose-built calibrations and software to match your specific industry needs.

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Thermo Scientific Niton LIBS Analyzer

High quality elemental analysis has never been easier. Using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), Thermo Scientific Niton LIBS Analyzers provide carbon analysis for metals and alloys with unprecedented speed, performance, and portability.

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Thermo Scientific Radiation Detectors

Unparallelled radiation monitoring technology is at your fingertips. Thermo Fisher Scientific Radiation Detectors offer real-time radiation measurements & comprehensive exposure information to meet all your radiation safety needs.

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We Are Here To Help

We believe in providing hands-on analytical solutions to the businesses we partner with. With our combined 50 years of experience in engineering, non-destructive testing, analytical chemistry, and spectroscopy, our premier team of dedicated experts has the multi-industry experience you need to empower your business. Handheld Scientific is proud to partner with businesses throughout California and the West – the very same communities where we live, work, and play – to help you overcome your most difficult analytical challenges.

Jewelry & Precious Metals Manufacturers, Retailers and Recyclers
Alloy Manufacturing & Metal Fabrications
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Industries We Serve

Jewelry & Precious Metals Manufacturers, Retailers & Recyclers

Accurately analyzing the purity of gold and other precious metals is crucial to the success of any jewelry retailer, pawn shop, or cash-for-gold business. Our portable XRF analyzers quickly and easily determine the exact composition of precious metals using nondestructive techniques that protect the value of jewelry, antiques, and other collectibles. Thermo Scientific AuDIT technology allows for easy detection of plating, even by novice operators. Get fast, precise, reliable results today.

Alloy Manufacturing & Metal Fabrications

Accurate material verification and alloy grade identification is critical to the success of modern alloy manufacturers and metal fabricators. You can rely on portable XRF and LIBS analyzers to deliver fast, reliable positive material identification and lab-quality chemical composition analysis. These high-quality analyzers address the analytical needs of a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and coatings.

Scrap Metal Recycling

Fast, precise alloy chemistry and grade ID is necessary for any scrap metal recycling operation to stay competitive in this demanding market. You can trust our lab-quality XRF and LIBS analyzers to quickly identify and accurately sort through scrap metals, while our radiation detection equipment ensures that you keep contaminated metals out of the supply line.

Geology & Mining

Optimize your team’s geological and mining operations with fast, accurate analytical solutions at every stage of your operation. Our portable XRF analyzers and radiation detectors provide a range of services, including precise geochemical analysis during exploration, lab-quality analysis of in-process samples, drill core elemental chemistry, expert radiation detection to ensure worker safety, and lab-quality tailings analysis in the field. Start operating more efficiently, safely, and profitably today.

Art Conservation & Archaeology

Elevate your elemental analysis of art and artifacts with the most powerful and technologically advanced portable analytical equipment available today. Our portable XRF analyzers deliver fast, nondestructive testing solutions for art and artifacts in the field, in the lab, and on the museum wall. From archaeological site survey to painting conservation to ceramic analysis, get lab-quality results in the palm of your hand.

Aerospace

Precise, lab-quality elemental analysis is nonnegotiable in the aerospace industry. You can rely on portable XRF analyzers to deliver fast, accurate elemental analysis and composition verification for the full range of alloys used in aircraft and spacecraft manufacturing, ensuring all materials adhere to the aerospace industry’s strict standards for safety, durability, and corrosion resistance. Don’t wait, maximize your quality control and positive material identification processes today.