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Bruker is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solution
Solution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...

s for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, is the publicly traded parent company of Bruker Scientific Instruments (Bruker AXS, Bruker BioSpin, Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Optics) and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) divisions.

In April 2010, Bruker created a Chemical Analysis Division (headquartered in Fremont, CA) under the Bruker Daltonics subsidiary. This division contains three former Varian product lines: ICPMS systems, laboratory Gas Chromatography, and GC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
Triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
A triple quadrupole mass spectrometer is a tandem mass spectrometer consisting of two quadrupole mass spectrometers in series, with a radio frequency only quadrupole between them to act as a collision cell for collision-induced dissociation...

 (originally designed by Bear Instruments and acquired by Varian in 2001).

Product Lines

Bruker's major scientific instrumentation product lines include:

Bruker Scientific Instruments Division
  • Bruker BioSpin: Nuclear magnetic resonance
    Nuclear magnetic resonance
    Nuclear magnetic resonance is a physical phenomenon in which magnetic nuclei in a magnetic field absorb and re-emit electromagnetic radiation...

    , Magnetic resonance imaging
    Magnetic resonance imaging
    Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...

    , Electron paramagnetic resonance
    Electron paramagnetic resonance
    Electron paramagnetic resonance or electron spin resonance spectroscopyis a technique for studying chemical species that have one or more unpaired electrons, such as organic and inorganic free radicals or inorganic complexes possessing a transition metal ion...

  • Bruker AXS: X-ray diffraction, X-ray crystallography
    X-ray crystallography
    X-ray crystallography is a method of determining the arrangement of atoms within a crystal, in which a beam of X-rays strikes a crystal and causes the beam of light to spread into many specific directions. From the angles and intensities of these diffracted beams, a crystallographer can produce a...

    , X-ray fluorescence
    X-ray fluorescence
    X-ray fluorescence is the emission of characteristic "secondary" X-rays from a material that has been excited by bombarding with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays...

    , Atomic force microscopy, Atomic emission spectroscopy
    Atomic emission spectroscopy
    Atomic emission spectroscopy is a method of chemical analysis that uses the intensity of light emitted from a flame, plasma, arc, or spark at a particular wavelength to determine the quantity of an element in a sample...

    , X-ray metrology, Profilometer
    Profilometer
    Profilometer is a measuring instrument used to measure a surface's profile, in order to quantify its roughness.While the historical notion of a profilometer was a device similar to a phonograph that measures a surface as the surface is moved relative to the contact profilometer's stylus, this...

    , Microanalysis
    Microanalysis
    Microanalysis is the chemical identification and quantitative analysis of very small amounts of chemical substances or very small surfaces of material...

    , EBSD
  • Bruker Daltonics: Mass spectrometry
    Mass spectrometry
    Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of charged particles.It is used for determining masses of particles, for determining the elemental composition of a sample or molecule, and for elucidating the chemical structures of molecules, such as peptides and...

    , Ion mobility spectrometry, Gas chromatography
  • Bruker Optics: Infrared spectroscopy
    Infrared spectroscopy
    Infrared spectroscopy is the spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, that is light with a longer wavelength and lower frequency than visible light. It covers a range of techniques, mostly based on absorption spectroscopy. As with all spectroscopic...

    , Near infrared spectroscopy
    Near infrared spectroscopy
    Near-infrared spectroscopy is a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum...

    , Raman spectroscopy
    Raman spectroscopy
    Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique used to study vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system.It relies on inelastic scattering, or Raman scattering, of monochromatic light, usually from a laser in the visible, near infrared, or near ultraviolet range...

    , Terahertz spectroscopy
    Terahertz spectroscopy
    Terahertz frequency radiation for spectroscopy is typically generated in one of three ways:* time domain terahertz spectroscopy , using ultrashort laser pulses* photomixing, mixing two radiation sources to generate their difference frequency...



Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Division
  • Low Temperature Superconductors
  • High Temperature Superconductors
  • Hydrostatic Extrusions
  • Magnets
  • Synchrotron Instrumentation
  • Research Instruments
  • Power Electronics
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