{"id":6479,"date":"2015-11-19T08:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:30:26","slug":"precious-metals-testing-webinar-recording-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/metals\/precious-metals-testing-webinar-recording-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Precious Metals Testing Webinar Recording Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;border: 0;margin: 10px\" title=\"precious metals testing webinar\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sethandjonathan3.jpg\" alt=\"precious metals testing webinar\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/>If you weren\u2019t able to make the\u00a0<em>Precious Metals Testing \u2013 with Portable XRF<\/em> webinar last week \u2013 you missed an informative 45 minutes where Precious Metals expert, Dr. Jonathan Margalit, and Vice President of American Jewelry &amp; Loan, Seth Gold, discussed the various methods of testing precious metals, including the scratch acid test, fire assay, gold testers, and portable x-ray fluorescence.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry. \u00a0We recorded the webinar for you to view at your convenience. \u00a0In addition to technology discussions, a\u00a0live demonstration of both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thermoscientific.com\/en\/product\/niton-dxl-precious-metal-analyzer.html\" target=\"_blank\">XRF instrument<\/a> and a return-on-investment calculator were also given. 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