Solid materials in the crystalline state are characterized by a periodic structure, which acts as a diffraction grating at an atomic scale for incident X-rays. The famous experiment of X-ray diffraction, using a zincblende crystal, was suggested by Max von Laue at the University of...
Akimitsu Nezu, Hitomi Matsuzaka and Ryouichi Yokoyama
This paper discusses recent methods in X-ray stress analysis. The authors have selected three examples thought to be the most practical from among the many X-ray stress measurement and analysis methods other than the conventional sin2 ψ method. The examples of analyses presented here are: (1) residual stress measurement using...
Concerns about the effect of atmospheric aerosol particles have been increasing in recent years and its impact on global climate, air pollution and human health have been studied extensively. Recent reports of extremely high concentration levels of PM2.5 in China have drawn worldwide attention to this issue as well.
CIF is an abbreviation for Crystallographic Information File, and these files record all of the information pertaining to crystal structure analysis. A CIF is written as a text file, and thus its content can be checked and edited using ordinary text editing software. CIFs are written with a special-purpose syntax...
In the X-ray Fluorescence analysis (XRF) field, it may fairly be said that sample preparation can be the largest factor that cause analysis error. Especially for the analysis of powder samples, as mentioned in the previous edition [Sample preparation for X-ray Fluorescence Analysis I.], heterogeneity effects such as grain size...
SmartLab 3 offers continued refinement of the original ease of use features awarded the R&D 100 Award in 2006: automatic alignment, component recognition, cross beam optics and a five axis goniometer. Award winning guidance software recognizes installed components and seamlessly integrates them into data collection and data analysis methods. The...
Rigaku has developed a new series of single crystal diffractometers that address a wide range of sample types, from small molecules to MOFs, to biological macromolecules. The key component that is common for this series of diffractometers is the use of an HPAD (hybrid pixel array detector), a technology that...
Thermodilatometry is a thermal analysis technique in which a constant load is applied to a sample, and the amount of expansion and/or shrinkage of the sample is measured during heating. TDL 8411 was recently added to the lineup of the Thermo plus EVO2 series as a high-performance thermodilatometer using the...
Rigaku’s HyPix-3000 is a next-generation two-dimensional semiconductor detector designed specifically to meet the needs of the home lab diffractionist. One of the HyPix-3000’s unique features is its large active area of approximately 3000 mm2 with a small pixel size of 100 μm square, resulting in a detector with high spatial...
