X-Ray Diffraction Lab
The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Maine acquired a fully automated Scintag, Inc. x-ray diffraction laboratory purchased through an NSF Equipment and Facilities grant and matching money from the University of Maine and UM's Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology in 1998.
This Scintag XRD system includes the following components:
4.0 kW High Voltage Generator
Theta/Theta Goniometer
Continuously Adjustable Slits
Computer controlled incident beam slits
X2 Diffraction Microprocessor Assembly
Fine Focus, Copper Target X-Ray Tube
DMS/NT Data Acquisition And Analysis Software
Crystallographic Analysis Software
Quantitative Analysis Software
Thermoelectically-Cooled, Solid-State Peltier X-Ray Detector.
Half circle pole figure and stress attachment
DMS/NT Stress Analysis Software
DMS/NT Reflectometry Software
DMS/NT Polar 3-D, Texture Analysis Software
Parabolic Incident Beam X-Ray Mirror
Thin Film Grazing Angle Collimation Attachment.
ICDD Powder Diffraction Database
2 Windows NT Computers
Haskris, Inc. Water-to-Water Chiller.
With this instrumentation, we have the ability to:
Identify Mineral Unknowns using the ICDD Powder Diffraction Database
Determine Quantitatively the Quantity of Qrystalline Phases in a Mixture
Determine Quantitatively the Lattice Parameters of Crystalline Phases
Determine Quantitatively the Degree of Crystallinity of Crystalline Phases
Determine the Structure of Thin-Films at Grazing Incidence Angles
Determine Quatitatively the Degree and Orientation of Prefered Orientation in Polycrystalline Materials
Additional XRD Instrumentation and Facilities:
Philips XRD Generator
Debye-Scherrer cameras
Philips Diffractometer
Precession Camera
Film Viewer
Guinier Camera
Flat Bed Scanner for Film Digitization
Dark Room
