THE VIDEO SHELF · x-ray fluorescence
Demo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition)
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science demonstrates an X-ray fluorescence gun that measures chemical composition, tears it down, analyzes its failure, and discusses a new XRF technology appearing on eBay.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a hands-on introduction to XRF and a fascinating teardown showing the x-ray tube and beryllium windows.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Applied Science
- Topic
- x-ray fluorescence
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I would like to add a video on XRF from Applied Science, as the device is not very well known (at least in .cz, I have learned about it only recently). [VIDEO]
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