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Key Sample Information

Accepted sample types:

  • Powders
  • Bulk samples (diameter < 43 mm, height < 6 mm)

Technical Specifications

  • Commissioning year: 2023
  • Location: Rue A. Werner
  • X-ray source: Copper anode (λ = 1.5406 Å)
  • Geometry: Capillary or film transmission, Bragg-Brentano reflection
  • Angular scan range: 0.5° to 140° 2θ
  • Minimum angular step size: 0.002° 2θ
  • Detector: PIXcel 1D
  • Monochromator: Johansson 1xGe111 Cu/Co
  • Incident beam optics:
    • Focusing mirror
    • Soller slits: 0.02 rad
    • Primary masks: 10 mm and 20 mm
    • Fixed divergence slits: 1/32° to 1°
    • Fixed anti-scatter slits: 1/32° to 1°
    • Nickel filter
    • Attenuator
  •  Divergent beam optics:
    • Anti-scatter slits: 1/32° to 4°
    • Nickel filter
    • Soller slits: 0.02 rad

Access

Self-service: Partial

  • Yes, for standard analyses after training by the technical manager
  • No, for configuration changes (requires intervention by the technical manager)

PANalytical Empyrean X-ray Diffractometer with Monochromatic Kα1 Beam

The PANalytical Empyrean is a high-performance X-ray diffractometer designed for the structural analysis of crystalline materials in various geometric configurations. Equipped with a monochromaticCu Kα1 beam, it is particularly suited for transmission and reflection diffraction on powder or bulk samples.

 

What is it for?

 

  • Identification of crystalline phases
  • Crystallite size analysis
  • Texture and residual stress characterization
  • Thin film analysis
  • Grazing incidence studies

Available Measurement Types

 
  • Reflection diffraction (Bragg-Brentano geometry)
  • Transmission diffraction (capillary or film, Debye-Scherrer geometry)
  • Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD)
  • Residual stress and texture analysis
  • Thin film characterization