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Experimental Facilities of X-Ray Group

Philips powder diffractometer

  • theta-2theta vertical goniometer
  • Philips PW 1140/90 X-ray generator
  • Cu, Co, Mo, Cr X-ray tubes
  • measurement and control system running on a PC

Huber thin film diffractometer

  • Seemann-Bohlin goniometer
  • Philips PW 1830 X-ray generator
  • Ge primary beam monochromator, graphite diffracted beam monochromator
  • texture attachment
  • high-temperature chamber (up to 900oC)
  • measurement and control system running on a PC

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High- and low temperature diffractometer

  • Two HZG3 theta-2theta goniometers
  • Philips PW 1830 X-ray generator
  • MRC high-temperature unit (up to 2500oC)
  • MRC low-temperature unit (down to liquid He temperatures)
  • temperature control unit
  • measurement and control system running on a PC

Iris powder diffractometer

  • HZG4 theta-2theta goniometer
  • Philips theta-2theta horizontal goniometer
  • IRIS X-ray generator
  • specimen spinners and graphite diffracted beam monochromators
  • Cu, Co X-ray tubes
  • attachment for reflectivity measurements ("knife")

Powder diffractometer XRD 7

  • theta-2theta goniometer
  • automatic alignment
  • Cu X-ray tube
  • thin film parallel beam attachment with a curved diffracted beam graphite monochromator
  • software XDAL/APX
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Powder diffractometer TUR

  • Hilger theta-2theta goniometer
  • TUR X-ray generator
  • Cu, Co and Cr X-ray tubes
  • measurement and control system running on a PC

High-temperature diffractometer Siemens

  • theta-theta goniometer D500 (independent motion of the detector and the X-ray tube) Cu, Co, Mo, Cr X-ray tubes
  • Position sensitive detector working both in the stationary mode (diffraction pattern can be recorded approximately over 10 in 2q) and in the continuous mode using a multi-channel analyzer with 8000 channels
  • High temperature chamber with Be windows working up to 2500C (the temperature control unit is controlled via PC)
  • Measurements can be done alternatively under vacuum or a reaction atmosphere

X-ray units for film methods

  • Chirana X-ray generator
  • cameras for Laue, Debye-Scherrer, Weissenberg (Freiberg), Guinier (Enraf Nonius, Huber) and micro-Laue (Rigaku Denki) methods
  • Unicam high-temperature chamber (up to 1000oC)

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