X-Ray Current Equipment

X-Ray Diffractometry Facilities

Contact: Chief Research Lab Technician

Dr. Rosa M. Danisi, rmd74@cam.ac.uk



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CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

CoKα PANalytical

Empyrean PANalytical equipped with: CoKα source, Pixcel 3D detector, XRK900 Anton-Paar Reactor chamber

Current settings:

  • room conditions in reflection geometry
  • room conditions in transmission (capillary) geometry
  • in-situ high temperature up to 900C in air 
  • in-situ slurry flow cell

MoKα D8

Theta-theta Bruker D8 equipped with: MoKα source, Lynxeye XE-T PSD detector, HPC900 Anton-Paar pressurised gas chamber

Current settings:

  • room conditions in reflection geometry
  • room conditions in transmission (capillary) geometry - it allows for total scattering measurements (max Q = 17Å) for PDF analysis
  • in-situ high temperature up to 900C in air or vacuum.

Future development:

  • A gas supply system will be installed in the laboratory to allow for pressurised gases experiments, including CO2 and N2: in-situ experiments in CO2 atmosphere will be limited to 50 bar and 500C; in-situ experiments in N2 will be limited to 100bar and 900C.  

We also have computer access to a number of softwares and databases.