CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

A new high resolution XRD was acquired in 2006. The Rigaku Ultima III enables a variety of applications including in-plane and normal geometry phase identification, quantitative analysis, lattice parameter refinement, crystallite size, structure refinement, density, roughness and multilayer thicknesses (from reflectivity geometries), and depth-controlled phase identification.

Detection consists of a computer-controlled scintillation counter or a fast semiconductor-based position sensitive detector.

In addition to standard Bragg geometries, the system is capable of thin film analysis, grazing incidence diffraction, pole figure analysis, transmissive and reflective small-angle x-ray scattering, and reciprocal space mapping. It also has a 1500°C hot stage.

Instrument Specifications

X-Ray Generator

  • Maximum rated output 3 kW
  • Rated tube voltage 20 - 60 kV
  • Rated tube current 2 - 60 mA
  • Target: Cu
  • Focus size 0.4 x 12 mm

Monochromators

  • Dual position graphite diffracted beam monochromator
  • Ge (220) 2-bounce high-resolution incident beam monochromator [CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE]

Detectors

  • Scintillation counter
  • D/tex-25 fast position sensitive detector (up to 160° 2θ / minute) [CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE]

Goniometer

  • Scanning mode - θs/θd coupled or θs, θd independent
  • Goniometer radius 285 mm
  • 2θ measuring range -3 to 162° (maximum)
  • Minimum step size 0.0001°
  • In-plane arm

Attachments

  • Thin film attachment
  • Transmission small angle x-ray scattering
  • HT 1500 high temperature attachment (up to 1500°C), may be operated in air, gas, or vacuum [CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE]

Optics

  • Automatic alignment of tube height, goniometer, optics and detector
  • Divergence slit - Fixed or automatic variable
  • Scattering slit - Fixed or automatic variable
  • Receiving slit - Fixed or automatic variable
  • Soller slits - incident beam 5° and 0.5°; diffracted beam 5°, 0.5°, and 0.11°

Software

  • Jade v9 w/ search/match
  • ICDD PDF-4+ 2019
  • Nano-Solver v3.4
  • XRR 2006 v2.0
  • Rocking curve simulation v3.03
  • Positive pole figure
  • Inverse pole figure