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The NECSA_Brucker_D8_Advance Instrument

Brucker D8 Advance lab powder diffratometer

Identification

• Site: NECSA
• Author: us all in ZA !
• Origin: Necsa, ZA
• Date: 2024 Oct 11th

Description

This is a lab-scale diffractometer, Brucker D8 Advance type.

- X-ray Tubes Cu (1.54 Å), Co (1.79 Å), Cr (2.29 Å)
- Beam sizes 0.1 x 15 mm2; 1 mm collimator
- Distance btw souurce and 1st slit: 332mm
- sample-detector distance: 435 mm
- Detector LynxEye 1D 192 pixels 14.4 x 16 mm

Example: 

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
source_material	str	anode type, among Cu.txt, Co.txt, Cr.txt	"Cu.txt"
Emin	keV	minimum energy at the source	1
Emax	keV	maximum energy at the source	9
Gobel_radius	m	Gobel curved mirror curvature radius	0.5
Gobel_rotation	deg	Gobel curved mirror rotation	20
Gobel_coating	str	Gobel curved mirror coating, e.g. Ir.dat	"Ir.dat"
Sample_material	str	sample material, e.g. CIF/LAU/LAZ file	"Si.laz"

Links

• Source code for NECSA_Brucker_D8_Advance.instr.
• http://nanoqam.ca/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=d8_advance_discover_user_manual_vol._1_doc-m88-exx153_v6.pdf

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