WILMINGTON, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the latest software update for the Thermo Scientific AhuraFD, the award-winning handheld Raman instrument for field-based chemicalentification, formerly sold as Ahura Scientific FirstDefender. Deployed globally by hazmat teams, law enforcement, bomb squads and military personnel, AhuraFD enables first responders to quicklyentify unknown chemicals, even through sealed containers. AhuraFD version 2.7.2 includes a larger substance library and several enhancements to the user interface for explosives applications.
AhuraFD and other Thermo Scientific chemicalentification tools are in active use by military, federal and civilian first responders around the world. With this update, these field-proven tools are able toentify more than 11,000 chemicals including explosives, chemical intermediates and precursors, narcotics, white powders and more. The proprietary automatic mixture analysis enables AhuraFD to accuratelyentify individual components of millions of mixtures without spectral subtraction or subjective evaluation.
"AhuraFD set the standard for field-based Raman spectrometers when it was launched in 2005. With more than 3,000 deployed worldwide, it continues to be an indispensible tool for chemicalentification,” said Chris Petty, vice president and general manager of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s portable optical analysis business. “We are dedicated to supporting our customers, and our continued product development helps ensure they’re able to safely address both existing and emerging threats.”
For more information about the AhuraFD v2.7.2 software update, contact customer support: support@chemid.thermofisher.com; 800-374-1992 (domestic toll-free) or +1-978-642-1100 (international).
To learn more about the full suite of Thermo Scientific portable optical analyzers, including next-generation Raman instruments, FirstDefender RM and FirstDefender RMX, please visit www.thermoscientific.com/safety-chemID.
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For more information, contact: Kerstin Barr Phone:+1 978-642-2547 Email: kerstin.barr@thermofisher.com Website: http://www.thermoscientific.com/safety-chemid