Applications of High-Resolution Powder X-Ray Diffraction

2007 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew N. Fitch

The highly-collimated, intense X-rays produced by a synchrotron radiation source can be harnessed to build high-resolution powder diffraction instruments with a wide variety of applications. The general advantages of using synchrotron radiation for powder diffraction are discussed and illustrated with reference to the structural characterisation of crystalline materials, atomic PDF analysis, in-situ and high-throughput studies where the structure is evolving between successive scans, and the measurement of residual strain in engineering components.

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (37) ◽  
pp. 22964-22973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Sheng ◽  
Guofu Wang ◽  
Mei Dong ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
Huanhuan Yang ◽  
...  

Systematic study of the hydrothermal crystallization process of CrAPO-5 by in situ high resolution X-ray powder diffraction (HRXRD).


Author(s):  
Nicholas Armstrong ◽  
Peter A. Lynch ◽  
Sitarama R. Kada ◽  
Pavel Cizek ◽  
Justin A. Kimpton ◽  
...  

Abstract Linking the accumulation of microstructural damage prior to crack initiation to the lifing of aero-engines components would help to better predict the time that a component spends in this crack initiation stage. We present the results and analysis of in-situ high-resolution X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments of a Ti-6Al-4V specimen that experienced tensile loading using medium energy synchrotron X-rays (≤ 21 keV) carried out at the Australian Synchrotron. The XRD analysis characterised XRD line-broadening due to the build-up of dislocations and the formation of crystallites in α- and β-Ti-6Al-4V specimens. Using Bayesian XRD analysis methods, the density, spatial arrangement of dislocations, and crystallite size information for α- and β-phases of the Ti-6Al-4V was extracted from the XRD line-profiles, as a function of applied load. The XRD analysis was then compared and validated with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis of the specimen before and after the loading. Comparison of the TEM and XRD analysis reveals broad agreement in terms of the microstructural damage of Ti-6Al-4V specimens.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (20) ◽  
pp. 7718-7726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorsasadat Safanama ◽  
Neeraj Sharma ◽  
Rayavarapu Prasada Rao ◽  
Helen E. A. Brand ◽  
Stefan Adams

In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the synthesis of solid-electrolyte Li1+xAlxGe2−x(PO4)3 (LAGP) from the precursor glass reveals that an initially crystallized dopant poor phase transforms into the Al-doped LAGP at 800 °C.


2000 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 437-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. RENAUD

The application of X-rays to the structural characterization of surfaces and interfaces, in situ and in UHV, is discussed on selected examples. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction is not only a very powerful technique for quantitatively investigating the atomic structure of surfaces and interfaces, but is also very useful for providing information on the interfacial registry for coherent interfaces or on the strain deformation, island and grain sizes for incoherent epilayers.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Matsui ◽  
A. Ogawa ◽  
J. Kikuma ◽  
M. Tsunashima ◽  
T. Ishikawa ◽  
...  

Hydrothermal formation reaction of tobermorite in the autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) process has been investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction. High-energy X-rays from a synchrotron radiation source in combination with a newly developed autoclave cell and a photon-counting pixel array detector were used. XRD measurements were conducted in a temperature range 100–190°C throughout 12 h of reaction time with a time interval of 4.25 min under a saturated steam pressure. To clarify the tobermorite formation mechanism in the AAC process, the effect of Al addition on the tobermorite formation reaction was studied. As intermediate phases, non-crystalline calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), hydroxylellestadite (HE), and katoite (KA) were clearly observed. Consequently, it was confirmed that there were two reaction pathways via C-S-H and KA in the tobermorite formation reaction of Al containing system. In addition, detailed information on the structural changes during the hydrothermal reaction was obtained.


1989 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yoshioka ◽  
T. Shinkai ◽  
S. Ohya

The development of linear position-sensitive detectors (PSD) has resulted in a large reduction of data acquisition times in the field of x-ray stress analysis. However, we also require two-dimensional (2-D) diffraction patterns for material evaluation. Especially, the microbeam x-ray diffraction technique gives valuable information on the structure of crystalline materials and this technique has been applied to fracture analysis by x-rays. Many kinds of 2-D PSD have been developed that have insufficient spatial resolution. So x-ray film has still been used as a 2-D detector, but it requires relatively long exposure times and then the process after exposure is very troublesome.


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