XRD Applications

Main Capabilities of Rigaku Ultima IV Diffractometer

  • Power diffraction methods:
    • Search /Match, structure determination
    • Quantitative analysis (including Reference Intensity Ratio method (RIR)), whole pattern fitting (Rietveld Refinement)
    • Size/Strain analysis
  • Temperature dependent XRD (rm ~ 1500 C)
  • Humidity dependent XRD measurement
  • X-ray parallel beam methods
    • Thin film crystallography
    • Single crystal orientation determination
    • Glancing /Grazing angle XRD method
  • Texture – preferred orientation methods / pole figures
  • Rocking curve analysis
  • Reciprocal lattice/space mapping
  • X-ray reflectivity methods
  • Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)
  • Residual Stress measurement for film and bulk specimens

Further Information