Empyrean Systems - PANalytical

Description

The Empyreans are 4 general purpose X-ray diffractometers (XRD) with various X-ray sources used for determining structure in microcrystalline powders and thin-films.

Specifications

3 kW Cu anode for general purpose measurements (Empyrean 1 and Empyrean 4).
3 kW Co anode for samples that fluoresce with Cu (Empyrean 2).
3 kW Ag anode for capillary and PDF measurements (Empyrean 3).
32 position sample holders for measurement of large batches
Adjustable xyz stages.
Cryostage and heating stages for dynamic monitoring of phase changes ranging from 12-1600 Kelvin. Heating experiments can be performed using a controlled atmosphere or vacuum.
Standard measurement geometry is Bragg Brentano, but various optics and stages permit grazing incidence and transmission geometries.

Applications

Material structure determination & identification
Quantitative phase analysis
In-situ and in-operando phase analysis with variable temperature
Texture, stress, micro-diffraction, GIXRD, GISAXS, capillary, reciprocal space mapping (RSM)
Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis and molecular crystal structure determination.