iolite 4
Flexibility exemplified.
Version 4.3.15 release highlights
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ Joe
Happy new year and welcome to the first release notes highlights note! We get the feeling that new features or changes often go unnoticed in our release notes that are displayed when updating.
Automation Webinar Recording
· ☕ 1 min read · ✍️ Joe
The recording of the Automation Webinar can be found here. Click here to discuss.
Synchronizing individual laser log samples
· ☕ 5 min read · ✍️ Joe
Laser logs can save a lot of time when setting up selections in iolite. Rather than painstakingly reviewing each bit of data and assigning it to a selection/group, the time stamps in a laser log and the analysis annotations can be matched up with mass spec data to automate this process.
Pb concentration calculations and TotalPb_ppm
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ Bence
This note is to address some questions we’ve recently received about the Pb concentration calculation in iolite, and in particular why when measuring the Pb concentration in zircons you get very different concentrations for each of the Pb channels.
About masks in iolite
· ☕ 5 min read · ✍️ Joe
Masks have been part of iolite since the early days, but we still regularly get questions about them. In this note, we will take a look at what a mask is and why you might want to use one, the ways you can make one, and what it looks like when things go right (and wrong).
Free Student Licenses in response to COVID-19
· ☕ 1 min read · ✍️ Bence
We recognise that everyone is going through a lot of adaptation at the moment, and many people do not have access to their labs or other department services.
U-Pb Webinar Recording
· ☕ 1 min read · ✍️ Joe
The recording of the U-Pb webinar can be found here. Click here to discuss.
Converting ppm channels to weight % oxide
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ Joe
One question that came up recently was how to get the results in weight percent oxide rather than ppm. In this note, we’ll go through one way you can do that using iolite’s python functionality.
Replacing channel data
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ Joe
We recently had a question about replacing values below 0 with 0 so I thought I’d write a quick note to demonstrate one way you can do that using iolite’s python functionality.

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