| X Ray Generator |
Maximum Output Power |
600 W (option: 300 W) |
| Output Stability |
≤25ppm/hr after a 2 hour warm up |
| Max Output Voltage |
40 kV (option: 30 kV) |
| Max Output Current |
15 mA (option: 10 mA) |
| Voltage Step Width |
0.1 kV |
| Current Step Width |
0.1 mA |
| Ripple |
≤1%rms at >20 kHz, 0.1%rms below 20 kHz |
| Preheat and Ramp |
Automatic preheat and ramp control circuit |
| Input Voltage |
230 Vac +/-10%, 50 or 60 Hz, single phase |
| X-Ray Tube |
Type |
Glass (option: Ceramic), Cu Anode, Fine Focus (options: any kind of X-Ray tube) |
| Focus |
0.4 x 8 mm LFF (other options available) |
| Max Output |
600 kW |
| Goniometer |
Configurations |
Vertical Theta/2Theta geometry |
| Measuring circle diameters |
150 mm |
| Vertical Scanning Angular Range |
- 5° < 2 Theta < + 145° (according to accessories) |
| Smallest selectable stepsize |
0.005° |
| Angular reproducibility |
+/- 0.001° |
| Accuracy |
+/- 0.01 |
| Modes of operation |
Continuous scan, step scan, theta or 2 theta scan, fast scan |
| Variable Divergence slits |
0 - 4° |
| Variable Anti-Divergence slits |
0 - 4° |
| Variable Receiver slits |
0 - 4° |
| Soller slits |
2.3° |
| Detector |
Type |
Scintillation counter Nal (options: YAP(Ce); multistrip) |
| Count rate |
10(5) cps (Nal); 2 x 10(7) cps (Yap(Ce)) |
| Case |
Dimensions |
Width 600 mm, heigh 750 mm, depth 500 mm |
| Weight |
130 kg |
| Leakage X-rays |
< 1 mSv/Year (full safety shielding according to the international guidelines) |
| Processing Unit |
Computer Type |
Personal Computer, the latest version |
| Items controlled |
X-ray generator, goniometer, sample holder, detector |
| Basic Data Processing |
Polynomial least squares smoothing. Fourier smoothing. Search for Peaks (automatic and manual). Spline background subtraction. Single peak analysis (area, FWHM, centroid, background). Marquardt fit (with pseudo-Voigt and Pearson VII curves, Ka2 contribution, weighted sum of squares). Sum and multiply by a constant. Scale normalization. Zoom. Graphical windows. Overlap and comparison of diffractograms. Multiview function. Cursor scan. Creation of graphic files .BMP. ICDD-PDF2 Card Overlap. Creation of calibration curves. Analysis of unknown samples. Qualitative and quantitative phase analysis. Rietveld analysis, crystalline structural analysis, crystallite size and lattice strain, crystallinity calculation |
Europe 600 is a benchtop - Theta/2Theta - general purpose diffractometer for XRD qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycrystalline materials.