The X-ray laboratory is presently under construction, but is already equipped with a cabinet allowing experiment with energies up to 160 keV.

X-ray fluorescence, transmission and diffraction experimentations can be carried out on both static and moving samples.

A short description of the instrumentation is giving in the following:

Sources:

• Molybdenum source operating at up to 50 keV and 1mA
• A tungsten source of 160 keV and 500 W will be installed in July 2009.

Detectors and interface:

• A silicon PIN detector for energies between 2 and 40 keV
• A CdTe detectors for energies between 10 and 120 keV
• A GOS scintillator array for energies up to 250 keV
• Multi channel digital pulse processor for fast photon counting

 Optics:

• Tungsten and lead collimators of different size and length
• Capillary optics for collimation and focusing will be available in July 2009
• LiF(200) and PET diffraction crystals for wavelength dispersive spectrometry will be available in July 2009.

 Positioning and movement of samples:

• Remote controlled rotation stage
• Remote controlled XY translation stage
• Remote controlled linear motion of samples

 Software:

• Photon counting software
• Quantitative analysis software for X-ray fluorescence
• Simulation software for X-ray absorption and scintillator response

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