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An environmental chamber for powder diffractometers and for temperatures up to 1200 °C under various atmospheres and vacuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini
Affiliation:
C.S.T.E./CNR and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Pavia, I 27100 Pavia, Italy
Gualtiero Campari
Affiliation:
C.S.T.E./CNR and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Pavia, I 27100 Pavia, Italy
Paolo Ghigna
Affiliation:
C.S.T.E./CNR and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Pavia, I 27100 Pavia, Italy
Giorgio Spinolo
Affiliation:
C.S.T.E./CNR and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Pavia, I 27100 Pavia, Italy

Abstract

An attachment for commercial X-ray powder diffractometers is described. The device is made of four different parts that are largely independent of each other, and can be freely interchanged or replaced, and aligned independently. It can be home-built, or modified, with high flexibility according to user requirements, and has been tested on different problems concerning high-temperature phase transitions and solid-state reactions up to 1200 °C under vacuum, under inert gas or under various oxygen partial pressures. Examples are given of possible designs of the various parts.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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