STOE X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER


The Stoe Instrument is a High Resolution X-ray Diffractometer


Features
  • Standard Bragg-Brentano goniometer and a focussed beam Transmission goniometer
  • Multiple stages to accommodate many specimen types
  • Parallel optics attachment for grazing incidence studies of thin films
  • High temperature furnaces for phase transition studies
  • Position sensitive detector (PSD) for rapid parallel data collection
  • Monochromators to eliminate fluorescence artifacts
  • PC computer controlled
Analysis
  • Peak refinement and matching software packages using the JCPDS database
  • Structure determination software packages
Specifications
  • Minimum step size: 0.001 degrees
  • Reproducibility: 0.001 degrees
  • 2-theta range: 0.15 degrees to 140 degrees
  • Furnace for sealed capillaries: 1000 degrees Celsius
  • Vacuum furnace: 2000 degrees Celsius
  • PSD resolution: 0.15 degrees
  • PSD angular range: >40 degrees