HXMA Technical Details-Diffraction
The Diffraction Endstation
HXMA psi-8 diffractometer has versatile configurations to accommodate various diffraction experiments.
Available hardware
- Cyberstar scintillation detector
- CCD X-ray detector
- Vortex XRF detectors (single-, four-element)
- Closed loop cryostat (10 K – 450 K)
- Analyzer crystals - HOPG(002), Si(111), Ge(111)
Psi-8 diffractometer's rotation axis shown above.
X-ray diffraction set up shown above.
Diffractometer setup with CCD.
Example of CCD measurement:
Grazing incident X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) measurement from a diblock co-polymer thin film.
Courtesy of Xavier Roy (UBC)
Sample envronment
 
Horizontal and vertical sample mount for inert gas environment
 
Be Dome assembly for UHV - ambient pressure sample environment ( RT - 800 K)
Cryostat (10K ~ 450K) installed on psi-8 diffractomter . Beryllium radiation shield and shroud are removed.
Detectors
Split Ion Chamber Detector
Cyberstar Fast Scintillation Detector
X-ray CCD detector
Other Diffraction Tools
Sample Cryo-cooler
JJ X-Ray slits
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