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Panalytical XPert MRD - Status: Available

  • Current Status: Available
  • Training: View Topics/Sessions
  • Use Rates:
    • External Academic & Government: $40.20/Hour
    • External Affiliated Commercial/Industrial: $162.20/Hour
    • External Commercial/Industrial: $216.30/Hour
    • External International Academic: $53.60/Hour
    • Internal Standard: $26.80/Hour
  • Service: Request Service Quote. The Staff rate is $50/hour (Internal) and $55 /hour (External) in addition to the instrument rate.
  • Building: NANO (0070)
  • Room: X-Ray Diffraction Lab (233)
  • In Cleanroom: No
  • Main Contact: Kristy Schepker
Rate Notes: Published rates are for first 3 hours. Rate then decreases to $6.70/hr. for Internal Standard - $10/hr. for External Academic & Gov. - $13.40 External Int. Academic - $20/hr. for External Affiliated Commercial/Industrial - $26.75/hr. for External Commercial/Industrial.
    Runs not to exceed 12 hours in total.

    X-ray crystallography is a technique in crystallography in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of x-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal is recorded and then analyzed to reveal the nature of that lattice. This XRD is optimized for analysis of thin films and single crystal wafer materials.

Materials Research Diffractometer (MRD): system available for X-ray diffraction studies for:
- advanced materials science and nanotechnology
- metrologic characterization in semiconductor process development
It can handle a wide range of applications, and is especially suitable for thin film analysis applications such as:
- rocking curve analysis and reciprocal space mapping
- reflectometry and thin film phase analysis
- residual stress and texture analysis

Tube Anode type: Cu
Tube Power: 1800W
Goniometer Type: Four circle
Range: variable (based on scan axis and configuration)
Minimum step size: 0.01 – 0.0001 degrees (axis dependent)
Sample size, LOD, etc. are sample dependent.
Sample holder type: flat stage (motorized)

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