InXitu

inXituType| Private

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Industry| X-ray instrumentation
Fate| Purchased by Olympus
Founded| 2007 (2007)
Defunct| 2012 (2012)
Headquarters|

Mountain View, California

United States

Key people

* Bradley Boyer (President, CEO)
* Philippe Sarrazin (CTO)
* Carmen Cerrelli (CFO)
* Robert J. Espinosa (Chairman)

Products| XRD/XRF portable instruments

inXitu was a company based in Mountain View, California, which developed portable X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis instruments. The company name was a combination of the terms in situ and X-ray, portraying the company's dedication to developing X-ray instruments that could be easily transported to the original site of the material being analyzed.

## Company history

The basis for inXitu began in 2003 when Philippe Sarrazin worked with NASA to file a patent on techniques used to develop the CheMin instrument for the Mars Curiosity rover.[1] Sarrazin left NASA to form inXitu Research, which received two Small Business Innovation Research grants from Ames Research Center in 2004 to continue work on CheMin.[1] inXitu Research merged with Microwave Power Technology (MPT) in 2007 and incorporated as inXitu, Inc.[2] MPT's research and development in high vacuum systems was meshed with inXitu's experience with XRD equipment, and in early 2008 the company released Terra, a commercial field-portable XRD/XRF instrument.[2] Bradley Boyer joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2008.[2][3] inXitu formed a partnership with Innov-X in December 2008, in which inXitu would manufacture XRD equipment for sale under the Innov-X brand name.[4]

Also in 2008, inXitu worked with the Getty Conservation Institute to develop X-Duetto, a portable and non-destructive XRD/XRF device used for the analysis of works of art.[5][6] It was commercially released as Duetto in mid 2009.[7][8] The company released the BTX instrument in mid 2009, which is a desktop XRD/XRF device developed from Terra;[6][9] the second generation BTX-II was released in early 2010.[10]

inXitu was purchased by Olympus in November 2011.[1][3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mineral Analyzer Shakes Answers Out of Soil and Rocks". NASA. 2017. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/ee_6.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "inXitu Story". Kromatek. http://www.kromatek.co.uk/pages/inXitu-Story.html. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bradley Boyer". LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-boyer-b26b77a. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
4. ↑ "Innov-X Systems & InXitu announce strategic alliance" (Press release). Olympus. 18 December 2008.
5. ↑ Chiari, Giacomo; Sarrazin, Philippe (2008). "Portable Non-invasive XRD/XRF Instrument: A New Way of Looking at Objects Surface". 9th International Conference on NDT of Art. 25–30 May 2008. Jerusalem, Israel.. http://www.ndt.net/article/art2008/papers/231Chiari-Sarrazin.pdf.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wilkinson, Matt (26 February 2010). "Beyond terra firma". Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/beyond-terra-firma/1012443.article. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
7. ↑ "inXitu introduces Duetto, a non-invasive, portable, XRD/XRF instrument for art conservation analysis" (Press release). PRLog. 29 May 2009.
8. ↑ Sarrazin, P.; Chiari, G.; Gailhanou, M. (2008). "A Portable Non-invasive XRD-XRF Instrument for the Study of Art Objects". 52nd Denver X-ray Conference. 4–8 August 2008. Denver, Colorado.. http://www.icdd.com/resources/axa/vol52/v52_23.pdf. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
9. ↑ "inXitu Introduces "BTX" a New Concept in X-Ray Diffraction Analysis" (Press release). PR.com. 15 May 2009.
10. ↑ "inXitu Introduces "BTX-II" the Next Generation in X-ray Diffraction Analysis" (Press release). PR.com. 5 February 2010.

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