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X-ray diffraction

Imperial's Department of Materials offers a wide range of x-ray diffraction techniques for investigating plycrsyalline materials, single crystals and thin films.

The facility has a number of different diffractometers and techniques, including glancing angle x-ray diffraction and parallel optics. They can handle samples in bulk powered form and in some cases, liquid.

X-ray diffraction can be used to identify compounds and phases, determine crystal structures and lattice parameters, measure crystallite size and do a textual analysis of bulk material or surface layers.

Services offered

  • Advice on optimising experiments
  • Phase identification comparing experimental data with ICDD reference database
  • Residual stress calculations
  • Measurements at high temperature
The x-ray diffraction facility
The x-ray diffraction facility
Alistair McDermott
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Alistair McDermott
Director of Business Operations
+44 (0)20 7594 1038
+44 (0)20 7594 6566
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