Atlas Veritas
MacroXRF
Veritas is a macroXRF instrument built for large-scale elemental studies and 2D chemical mapping — taking conventional bulk XRF analysis further by visualizing the spatial distribution of elements across a sample, not just an averaged composition.
With elements from carbon through uranium, spot sizes from 100 µm to 2 mm, and automatic focusing, Veritas is designed for conservation, geology, and industrial materials applications where sample area and throughput matter as much as elemental detail.
- Gemstones analyzed per day
- 20 → 500+
- Preserves high-value stones
- Non-destructive
- Gemstones per sample well tray
- 240
Bulk XRF, With the Spatial Picture Added
Veritas is more than a bulk XRF instrument — it adds 2D chemical mapping to reveal variations and anomalies that traditional bulk methods overlook entirely.
2D Mapping
Visualizes the spatial distribution of elements within a sample — not just an averaged composition.
Carbon Through Uranium
Comprehensive elemental coverage across a broad range of materials.
Large Area Analysis
Analyzes extensive sample areas with speed and precision, for both detailed and preliminary assessments.
High-Z Sensitivity
Exceptional sensitivity for detecting and quantifying heavier elements.
New Collimated Optics
Spot sizes ranging from 100 µm to 2 mm, tailored to the analytical requirement.
Automatic Focusing
State-of-the-art auto-focus — optimal results without manual adjustment.
Veritas Across Industrial Materials, Geology, and Conservation
Industrial Materials — Concrete & Steel
Element overlay maps of a concrete slab reveal chlorine, iron, calcium, and silicon distribution — directly relevant to durability and chloride-ingress assessment. In steel, Veritas identifies manganese segregation in Advanced High-Strength Steel slabs, mapping Fe, Mn, and V across the section.
Geochemistry — Cinnabar Hand Sample
An overlay map of a cinnabar rock hand sample, collected at 500 µm pixel size, showcases mercury, sulfur, iron, and silicon distribution — geochemical detail typically reserved for micro-focus instruments, captured here at macro scale and speed.
Conservation & Forensics — Currency Analysis
Thermal maps and an elemental overlay of a $50 bill from U.S. currency, mapping Fe, K, Cr, Zn, and Ti — demonstrating Veritas's fit for document and artifact examination, counterfeit detection, and conservation science on objects too large or too valuable to sample destructively.
Atlas Veritas MacroXRF vs. Atlas Apex MicroXRF
Choose Veritas When…
Your sample is large, your priority is area coverage and throughput, and 100 µm–2 mm resolution is sufficient — bulk materials, large artifacts, gemstone trays, industrial slabs, and documents where scanning the whole object matters more than sub-10 µm detail.
Choose Atlas Apex When…
You need fine-feature resolution down to 5 µm — mineral zoning, grain boundaries, individual particles, and micro-scale inclusions where the answer lives at a scale Veritas's optics aren't built to resolve.
See What Veritas Can Map in Your Application
Tell us about your sample size, elements of interest, and throughput requirements — we'll help determine whether Veritas or Atlas Apex is the right fit, and confirm current configuration options directly.
Designed and built in Austin, Texas, IXRF systems are backed by applications, engineering, training, and service support from the people who make them.
Frequently
Asked Questions
MacroXRF uses a larger X-ray spot to prioritize rapid, large-area elemental analysis and higher sample throughput, while microXRF uses a tightly focused beam for micron-scale spatial resolution. Atlas Veritas bridges conventional bulk XRF and microXRF by adding spatially resolved 2D elemental mapping to high-throughput XRF analysis.
Atlas Veritas can analyze elements from carbon (C) through uranium (U), providing broad elemental coverage for research, screening, and industrial materials analysis. Its configuration is particularly effective for applications requiring high sensitivity to heavier elements.
Atlas Veritas is designed for large samples, large analysis areas, and multi-sample arrays that would be inefficient to analyze using conventional point-by-point XRF. Applications include geological specimens, metals, concrete and industrial materials, gemstones, artifacts, documents, and other heterogeneous samples.
There is no fixed number because capacity depends on the size and arrangement of the samples. Atlas Veritas can automate large sample arrays; IXRF has demonstrated a single mapping workflow containing 744 gemstones, illustrating its potential for high-throughput batch analysis.
Yes. XRF analysis is non-destructive, allowing valuable or limited samples to be analyzed without permanently altering them. Many Veritas applications require little or no sample preparation, although a clean and appropriately presented surface can improve analytical consistency.
Atlas Veritas uses collimated X-ray optics with selectable spot sizes ranging from approximately 100 µm to 2 mm. This allows users to balance spatial resolution, X-ray intensity, mapping speed, and throughput according to the application.
Yes. Atlas Veritas performs 2D chemical and elemental mapping, showing where elements are distributed across a sample rather than providing only a single bulk measurement. This makes it possible to identify compositional variations, anomalies, segregation, and spatial relationships that conventional bulk XRF can miss.
Yes. Atlas Veritas supports quantitative elemental analysis in addition to elemental mapping, allowing measured X-ray intensities to be used to determine elemental concentrations. Quantitative performance depends on factors such as sample matrix, calibration, measurement conditions, and the elements being analyzed. IXRF specifically positions Veritas for both detecting and quantifying elemental composition.
Atlas Veritas uses energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence detection optimized for sensitive, high-throughput elemental analysis. Detector configuration can be matched to the analytical application, elemental range, and throughput requirements.
Atlas Veritas is particularly well suited for applications requiring large-area elemental mapping, rapid screening, or high sample throughput. Applications include geology, metals and steel, industrial materials, concrete, conservation and cultural heritage, gemology, paleontology, quality control, and other workflows where spatial chemistry is important but micron-scale resolution is not required. IXRF has published Veritas applications involving steel segregation, concrete, geological samples, currency, gemstones, and fossils.
Atlas Veritas is designed and manufactured by IXRF Systems in Austin, Texas, USA. IXRF also provides applications expertise, training, technical service, and ongoing instrument support from its Austin headquarters.