The D8 Advance is an instrument from 2005. It is a θ-θ diffractometer utilising CuKα radiation and is equipped with electronically controlled divergence slits and a Våntec-1™ SuperSpeed detector. As well as collecting data at extremely rates, the Våntec-1™ detector offers the ability to collect data in a fixed position mode, taking data “snapshots” of up to 12 degrees 2θ. This makes it an ideal instrument for non-ambient diffraction work, with the capability to rapidly collect large amounts of data for the investigation of structure, reactions and kinetics at high temperature.
The diffractometer has a number of hardware configurations, but is primarily dedicated to non ambient data collection using a selection of low temperature, high temperature and high pressure sample stages covering a temperature range of 80-1673K, under inert and reactive atmospheres up to 20 bar pressure.
Configurations
Room Temperature
- 9 position sample changer or single sample spinner
High/Low temperature
- MRI TC-Wide Range camera
- Vacuum, inert or reactive gas atmospheres
- -190-400 °C with LT stage
- RT-1200 °C with a choice of two radiant heaters
- RT-1400 °C with Pt-Rh or Ta strip heaters
High Temperature / High Pressure
- MRI TCP20 camera
- Vacuum, inert or reactive gas atmospheres
- 0-20 bar gas pressure
- RT-1400 °C with Pt-Rh strip heater
- RT-1200 °C with radiant heater
Photo: Julian Tolchard
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