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Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel

X-ray Laboratory

Verticalflow hood CAHNbalance Chiller XRD Mechanical Thin Section Lab DB Bruker AXS D4 Endeavor X-ray diffractometer with random-access autosampler Haskris water-water chiller Mettler-Toledo XS204 dual balance Cahn Model 31 microbalance

See Laboratory Manuals, Guides, and Resources for XRD.

See Laboratory Manuals, Guides, and Resources for XRF.

See Laboratory Manuals, Guides, and Resources for X-Ray Image Logger (XMSL).

See all chemicals used in shipboard labs.

Function

The purpose of the X-ray lab is to carry out powder diffraction analyses of minerals and rock powders. The software package MacDiff is available onboard for processing and analysis of XRD diffraction patterns.

Instruments

  • Bruker AXS D4 Endeavor X-ray diffractometer (XRD)
  • DIFFRAC.EVA software
  • Haskris water-water chiller for XRD
  • Mettler-Toledo XS204 dual-balance system
  • Olympus DELTA Premium energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer
  • Please note that proprietary manuals may be available upon request and subject to limited use
X-ray Laboratory