X-Ray powder diffraction

The Chair for Mineralogy operates 5 X-ray diffractometers. All diffractometers are specially adapted to the projects of the Applied Mineralogy Group. The focus of our group lies on quantitative phase analysis employing the Rietveld method. A special application is the in-situ phase analysis of hydrating cement pastes with custom made temperature controlled reaction chambers (16 °C – 70 °C). A time resolution of 10 minutes per X-ray diffractogram is made possible through the detection speed of the equipped position sensitive detectors.

Please contact the Chair of Applied Mineralogy for further information.

Bruker D8 with temperature-controlled reaction chamber equipped with LYNXEYE detector
Bruker D8 Advance daVinci design with temperature-controlled reaction chamber equipped with an energy-dispersive LYNXEYE-XE-T detector
Bruker D8 with 9-fold sample changer equipped with LYNXEYE detector
Bruker D8 discover General Area Detection Diffraction System (GADDS) equipped with Vantec 500 2D-detector
Bruker D8 Advance daVinci design with LYNXEYE XE-T detector and sample changer