Rigaku Rapid 2 Micro-XRD with curved 2D detector

Rapid2

Instrument uses

  • Phase identification of very small objects (> 30 micrometres), flat polished sections and very small amounts of powder (micrograms).
  • Gandolfi-type movements can be programmed for samples with low numbers of crystallites to analyse a maximum of grain orientations.

Examples of instrument use in research

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