HIGH TEMPERATURE SYNCHROTRON X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTOMETER

• Beam line X14A at National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)
• Ultra-high resolution and intensity
  6-circle powder diffractometer
• Focusing incident beam silicon mirror and monochromator
• X-ray wavelengths from 0.5 to 2.5 Å
• High temperature x-ray furnace
  
  • to 1600^oC in 1 atm, 2700^oC in vacuum
  • inert, oxidizing or reducing gases

Measurement Capabilities:

• In-situ high temperature powder diffraction (HTXRD)
• Grazing incidence X-Ray Diffraction (GIXD) for thin film studies
• Residual stress (e.g., in situ growth stress measurement)
• Texture/pole figure measurement
• Extended X-Ray Absorption - Fine Structure (EXAFS)
• Single crystal diffraction
• Order/disorder phase transformations
• Reflectometry

Remote Collaboration:

• Remote Viewing of Experimental Area
• E-Notebook
• Remote Instrument Control
• Security
• MMC Overview

Acknowledgement

Beam line X14A is operated by the ORNL-ORISE/University of Illinois-MRL Participating Research Team at NSLS which is located at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York. HTML is a PRT member. Major PRT sponsorship provided by DOE Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Science.

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