Solve Your Unsolvable: The Massbox® Materials Showdown

Every facility has that one material—the outlier that defies conventional analysis. The material that leaves traditional instruments defeated. The composition that's critical to your research but remains frustratingly undefined.

We are calling materials scientists, battery researchers, metallurgists, and innovators to submit your most challenging material and let our revolutionary Massbox technology reveal what others can't.

Using groundbreaking LALI-TOF-MS techniques, we'll map and quantify elements from lithium to uranium with capabilities that were impossible until now.

The Prize:

• A complete characterization dataset tailored to YOUR testing objectives
• A trip to Denver, CO, including airfare and hotel stay for one night to see your material analysis in action with Massbox
• Expert analysis session with our characterization specialists

 How IT WORKS:

1. Read the contest guidelines below
2. Submit your material proposal form by JUNE 27, 2025 (11:59 PM ET)
3. The most challenging and impactful submissions will be selected by our team as the winners
4. The winners will be announced by JULY 11, 2025

Contest Guidelines:

• Identify your biggest material testing challenge / pain point
• Watch the video below to learn how Massbox addresses the limitations of current materials characterization tools
• Submit your materials testing challenge by completing this form (estimated 5-10 minutes).
• Winners will be selected in two category tracks depending on your intellectual property privacy:
  • Confidential Data Track: Your organization's name, material type, and results will be kept confidential.
  • Open Data Track: Your organization will share your name, material type, and testing results publicly and consider publishing a case study with Exum Instruments.
• If selected as a winner, you will receive free analytical testing and a report customized to meet your specific success criteria. You will also receive a trip to Exum's facility in Denver, CO.
• Exum will select 1 winner for each track based on the following criteria:
  • Significance and cost of the challenge / pain point
  • Limitations of other techniques for solving this problem
  • Alignment with Massbox's capabilities