Low-Temperature X-Ray Powder Diffraction

This instrument provides either divergent- or parallel-beam optics coupled with high-temperature stages.

Features:

• Philips X´Pert Pro vertical θ/θ goniometer
• Cu or Cr x-ray targets
• Anton Paar XRK 900 high-temperature (HT) furnace with rotating sample stage (RT to 900°C)
• Anton Paar HTK16 HT furnace Pt strip heater (RT to 1600°C)
• Multipurpose RT sample stage
• Proportional detector or position-sensitive detector
• X´Pert Plus Crystallography and Rietveld software

Applications:

• HT phase transformations
• HT residual stress using parallel beam optics
• Thermal expansion using parallel beam or divergent optics
• Phase equilibria studies