Rigaku SmartLab 9kW X-Ray Diffractometer

Brief description

Microdiffraction is a technique which allows diffraction measurements to be carried out selectively on small areas.  This method is essential for materials which are too small to be measured in a traditional X-ray diffraction beam or where mapping of the sample is required.

The PID (handles) for this instrument record has been updated, the new PID is 102.100.100/636956.

Full description

The Rigaku SmartLab is a highly versatile XRD instrument and which features a 9 kW Cu rotating anode source; a variety of collimation options including 2 and 4 bounce Ge-Monochromators for HRXRD and capillary optics for micro diffraction; a cryo-stream (capillary/transmission optics only) that allows XRPD measurements from ca. 90 K to 600 K; a 5 axis goniometer, a domed furnace (reflectance geometry) that allows XRPD measurements from ambient to 1100 °C;  and a two-dimensional hybrid pixel array detector.  It can be configured to carry out a wide range of experiments on a wide range of sample types including: XRR measurements, in-plane and out-of-plane GI diffraction, texture analysis, reciprocal space mapping, HRXRD, microdiffraction and 2D mapping of samples.

Hardware specifications:

Installation of instrument: June 2015

9kW Cu rotating anode source

Collimation options: 
2- and 4-Bounce Ge monochromators for High-Resolution XRD
Capillary optics for micro-diffraction

Cryostream (Capillary/ Transmission optics only) that allows X-Ray Powder Diffraction measurements from ca. 90 degrees K to 600 degrees K

5-Axis Goniometer

Domed Furnace (Reflectance Geometry) that allows X-Ray Powder Diffraction measurements from ambient to 1100 degrees C

2-Dimensional hybrid pixel array detector

Software specifications:

Control Software: SmartLab Guidance; Data Processing Software: Standard Data Processing, PDXL; Data Display Software: Thin-Film Data Processing, Profile Viewer, 3D Explore; Analysis Software: GlobalFit.