X-ray diffractometer MiniFlex 600
Trade name
X-ray diffractometer Rigaku MiniFlex 600
Technical description
Rigaku MiniFlex 600 X-ray powder diffractometer with 600W Cu anode.
The desktop-type apparatus is equipped with a theta-2theta goniometer.
Technical parameters:
- maximum useful power of the X-ray tube – 600W
- maximum lamp voltage - 40kV
- maximum lamp current - 15mA
- Bragg-Brentano optics
- measuring range - 0.5÷156º 2Ɵ
Equipment:
- SC scintillation detectors
- graphite monochromator with curved crystal for CuKα radiation
- automatic divergence slit
- automatic sample changer
- special holder for preparations of clay samples
Conditions for providing infrastructure
- according to the regulations listed on the laboratory's website: http://wydzlab.agh.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Regulamin-WLBFSTiG.pdf
- scientific and research cooperation with AGH units and other domestic and foreign scientific units
- cooperation within the projects of NCN, NCBiR, cooperation with industry and under contracts
Type of accreditation / certificate:
Not applicable
Access type
External
Research capabilities
- X-ray qualitative and quantitative analysis
- analysis of clay minerals with a mixed-layer structure
- determining the size of crystallites, structure ordering indicators, unit cell parameters
- identification of poorly crystalline minerals by DXRD differential X-ray diffraction
- refining the structure of crystalline phases
Last update date
June 10, 2023, 11:02 p.m.
Year of commissioning
2012
Measurement capabilities
- Registration of X-ray patterns of powder sample made using the following methods of preparation: top, back, and side loading
- Registration of X-ray patterns of solid flat, liquid suspensions of different densities, liquids
- Registration of X-ray patterns of sample:
- in step-by-step and continuous mode
- saturated with various types of liquids
Photos
X-ray diffractometer MiniFlex Rigaku
Responsible body
Group / laboratory / team
The Faculty Laboratory for Phase, Structural, Textural and Geochemical Studies
Contact person
IDUB research areas
(PRA 5) Materials, technologies, and processes inspired by nature: biotechnology, bioinspirations in engineering and materials science, biosensors, bioenergetics, biocatalysis, biocomputers, and biocomputation
(PRA 7) Design, production, and testing of modern materials and the technologies of the future based on a multidisciplinary approach combining materials engineering with chemistry, physics, mathematics, and medicine