XPert PRO

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XPert PRO

• X-ray diffraction for today and tomorrow

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Contents

• X-ray diffraction for today
• how can we make your work easier?
• X-ray diffraction for tomorrow
• the only thing constant in life is change

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XPert PRO X-ray diffraction for today
Flat samples
Loose powders
Rough samples
Small amounts
Preferred orientation
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The ideal diffraction system

• Fast exchange of
• Tubes and tube focus positions
• Incident beam optics
• Sample platforms
• Diffracted beam optics
• Detectors
• without re-alignment !

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What is XPert PRO?

• Based on the PreFIX concept
• What is PreFIX?
• Pre-aligned Fast Interchangeable X-ray modules
• Exchange is easy, no re-alignment of hardware

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PreFIX incident beam optics

• Fixed divergence slit
• Programmable divergence slit
• X-ray mirror
• Hybrid monochromator
• X-ray lens
• Mono capillary
• and more ...

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PreFIX sample platforms

• Fixed platforms
• Stage for large samples
• Non-ambient chambers
• Texture cradles
• Open Eulerian cradle
• Capillary spinner
• Spinner
• and more ...

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PreFIX sample platforms

• New changer for 15 or 45 samples

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PreFIX diffracted beam optics

• Programmable receiving slit
• Programmable or fixed anti-scatter slit
• Collimators of 0.27?, 0.18? and 0.09?
• Position sensitive detector
• and more ...

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Example of change between configurations

• Two systems
• Capillary spinner system
• Standard phase analysis
• Contents of video presentation
• Start bare system
• Build-up of capillary spinner system
• Change from capillary spinner to standard phase
  analysis system

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The capillary spinner
Anti-scatter
housing
Soller slits
Anti-scatter
housing
Hybrid monochromator
Position Sensitive
X-ray tube
Detector (PSD)
(line focus)
Powder sample in
capillary spinner
Divergence slit
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Conventional phase analysis
Detector
Soller slits
Curved crystal
monochromator
Receiving slit
(Graphite)
Anti scatter slit
X-ray tube
Soller slits
(line focus)
Polycrystalline sample
Beam mask
Divergence slit
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Another example

• A complete powder crystallography laboratory
• capillary spinner for small amounts of powder
  with preferred orientation problems
• focusing incident beam monochromator for flat
  powder samples
• Is it possible to combine these systems?

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The ?1-reflection system
Soller slits
Receiving slit
Detector
Soller slits
Irradiation slit
Anti scatter slit
X-ray tube
(line focus)
Polycrystalline sample
Incident beam
Programmable
monochromator
divergence slit
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Can we combine these systems?

• Move tube tower from ?1 to standard position

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Can we combine these systems?

• Exchange the divergence slit for the hybrid
  monochromator
• Exchange the sample platform
• Exchange the receiving slit for a position
  sensitive detector

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Conclusions

• XPert PRO gives you the ultimate flexibility for
• handling various types of X-ray analysis
• Today
• Tomorrow