Questions? Contact Jennifer Forrester at jsforres@ncsu.edu.
Location: MRC room 303B
Equipment Specifications
Sealed Tube Generator |
- Voltage: 40 – 45kV max. operating voltage
- Current: 20 – 40mA max. operating current
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Cu X-ray Tube |
- Line and spot Focus
- Beam mask: 5, 10 and 15 mm
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Bragg-Brentano Optics |
- Programmable divergent slit:
- Automatic: 0.5 to 20 mm
- Fixed: 1/32 to 2°
- Antiscatter slits: 1/16 to 4o
- Soller Slits: 2.3o divergence
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Diffracted Beam Optics |
- Programmable divergent slit: 1/32 to 2°
- Soller Slits: 2.3o divergence
- Graphite monochromator: curved
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Operating Mode |
- Bragg-Brentano in reflection or transmission geometry with sample spinning option
- Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD)
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Detector |
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Non-Ambient Stage |
- HTK-2000: Ambient to 2300°C; Vacuum atmosphere
- HTK-1200N: Ambient to 1200°C; Vacuum, O2, Ar and N2 atmosphere
- TTK-450: -196°C to 450°C; Vacuum, O2, Ar and N2 atmosphere
- XRK-900: Ambient to 900°C; Vacuum, air, inert gas, and reactive gas; 1 mbar to 10 bar
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Spinner Stage with Application of Electric Field |
- Applied voltage: ±10 kV for polycrystalline bulks
- Applied voltage: ±230 V for polycrystalline thin films
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Additional Information |
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In addition to this instrument, please see the list for other X-ray diffractometers on NC State’s campus:
- Rigaku Smartlab X-ray Diffractometer at AIF
- Bruker GADDS at AIF
- X-ray diffraction in Chemistry
- Neutron diffraction in Nuclear Engineering