X-Ray Facility Capabilities

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Capabilities

• Development of Customized Data Collection and Analysis
• Phase Analysis
• Lattice Parameter Determination
• Percent Crystallinity
• Quantitative Analysis
• Crystallite (Particle) Size and Strain Analysis
• Residual Stress
• Texture
• Laue Photographs
• A Variety of Other Techniques Available Upon Request

Ancillary Equipment

• Zero Background Sample Holder
• Custom Powder Sample Holders
• Custom Irregular Shaped Solid Holder
• Custom Liquid Holder
• ICDD-JCPDS database
• Anton-Paar High Temperature Stage

X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) Capabilities

• Bulk elemental analysis capable of detecting boron to uranium.
• Eight analyzing crystals, with a specialized crystal for carbon analysis.
• Three fundamental modes of operation, qualitative scans to determine elements present, classical quantitative analysis for precise quantification (requires standards), and standardless quantitative analysis.
• UniQuant quantitative analysis software available which can determine elements from fluorine to uranium in 17 minutes.
  • Requires no standards particularly useful if standards are not available e.g. material development.
• Irregularly shaped samples can be accommodated.
• Helium flush system allows the ability to do loose powders and liquids for all methods of analysis.
• Capable of detection and quantification in the parts per million (ppm) range.

Ancillary Equipment

• Angstrom Press
• Mettler High Precision Scale
• SPEX Mill
• Liquid Sample Cells