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Starburstt.orgStarburstt.orgThe YSU-S&CIF X-Ray Facility

Founding Member and Central Node of
The STaRBURSTT Cyberdiffraction Consortium



The D8 Advance Powder Diffractometer:

The Bruker-Nonius D8 Advance Powder Diffractometer with Cu Radiation and Optics for High Resolution Powder Data Collection can be used both for simple powder diffraction experiments such as phase identification as well as sophisticated high resolution/Rietveld analysis.

It is equipped with a new VÅNTEC-1 detector (installed May 2008) for fast simultaneous recording of X-ray diffraction patterns over a wide 2θ angular range. The detector can be used in snapshot mode (fixed 2θ mode) or in scanning mode. With a 50 mm x 16 mm active area and more than 1500 electronically selectable channels, the VÅNTEC-1 is capable of diffraction snapshots of more than 100 times faster than conventional scanning detectors.



Nine Sample Changer Setup:

When larger amounts of sample are available, or if odd shaped samples with a flat surface are to be analyzed the best choice of setup is the 9 sample changer. This setup utilizes a Reflection or Debye-Scherrer setup.

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In this setup up to nine samples can be preloaded in plastic sample cups of different sizes (depending on the amount of sample available). Once loaded the handling of the samples is fully computerized and no manual adjustments are necessary any more, making this the ideal setup for rapid and automated collection of a whole series of datasets and for remote data collection.

9Sample
Capillary Setup:

When only smaller amounts amounts of sample are available, or if the sample has to be kept under inert gas the data collection is best performed in Capillary mode (Transmission or Bragg Brentano setup).
 

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In the capillary setup each sample has to ne loaded and centered manually, which makes it a less suitable setup for automated or remote data collection.
 

Capillary2


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