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A side-loading hermetic sample holder for X-ray powder diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

Joseph H. Reibenspies*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA
Nattamai Bhuvanesh
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA
*
a)Electronic mail: [email protected]

Abstract

This manuscript describes the construction, testing, and use of a simple side-loading air-tight specimen holder for use with Bruker X-ray powder diffractometers.

Type
Laboratory Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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