Sample cell for powder x-ray diffraction at up to 500 bars and 200 deg. C

Journal Article · Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2364134· OSTI ID:20861497

Jupe, Andrew C; Wilkinson, Angus P ^[1]

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1. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400 (United States)

A low cost sample cell for powder diffraction at high pressure and temperature that employs either sapphire or steel pressure tubes is described. The cell can be assembled rapidly, facilitating the study of chemically reacting systems, and it provides good control of both pressure and temperature in a regimen where diamond anvil cells and multianvil apparatus cannot be used. The design provides a relatively large sample volume making it suitable for the study of quite large grain size materials, such as hydrating cement slurries. However, relatively high energy x rays are needed to penetrate the pressure tube.

• OSTI ID: 20861497
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 77, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2364134; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CEMENTS
DESIGN
DIAMONDS
EQUIPMENT
GRAIN SIZE
PRESSURE TUBES
SAPPHIRE
SLURRIES
STEELS
X RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION