Stage for texture measurements above room temperature in a Philips X'Pert Pro MPD diffractometer

César E Sobrero; Daniel Castellani; Raúl E Bolmaro; Jorge A Malarría

doi:10.1063/1.3251274

Stage for texture measurements above room temperature in a Philips X'Pert Pro MPD diffractometer

Rev Sci Instrum. 2009 Nov;80(11):113903. doi: 10.1063/1.3251274.

Authors

César E Sobrero¹, Daniel Castellani, Raúl E Bolmaro, Jorge A Malarría

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Rosario (CONICET) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura (UNR), Bv 27 de Febrero 210 Bis, Rosario, Argentina.

PMID: 19947738
DOI: 10.1063/1.3251274

Abstract

A special stage for texture measurements above room temperature was designed with the proper size and weight to be fitted onto the Eulerean cradle of the Philips X'Pert Pro MPD diffractometer. With such device, flat samples of 2x2 cm(2) area can be analyzed at a nearly constant temperature with variations below +/-4 degrees C in the range between ambient temperature and 200 degrees C.