Bruker D8 Venture

Bruker Photon III 28 mixed mode x-ray detector

This detector can work in both photon counting and integration modes allowing high signal-to-noise ratios and accurate intensities. There is no detector noise, enabling high linearity and excellent quality data. Typical 'still' frames are in the order of 10 second exposures, with effectively instantaneous read-out.

 Automatic Goniometer Heade (AGH) kappa goniometer

The AGH enables 'two click' optical centering of the sample in a semi-automatic mode similar to Synchrotron MX beamlines. The goniometer is fitted with fast, high precision piezoelectric motors and has a built-in magnetic mount that accepts standard mounting pins. The Bruker software allows full control of the kappa functions of the goniometer, and the AGH works with low temperature (100 K) operation.

Diamond IµS copper

The UNSW Bruker diffractometer has a Diamond IµS copper (Copper K-alpha x-ray energy has a wavelength of 1.5406Å and an energy of 8.04 keV) sealed X-ray source. This is a microfocus (~100 µm, round) X-ray source providing about a 20% higher average peak flux density than a new rotating anode generator. The source is fully air-cooled and has a long lifetime. The source is made from a hybrid copper-diamond anode, consisting of a thin layer of copper on a synthetic diamond substrate. The copper layer produces the X-rays while the diamond substrate dissipates the heat load produced, providing excellent stability and lifetime. The Diamond source has a 6-degree take-off angle and a maximum voltage of 50 kV. The Copper Diamond Source is combined with HELIOS optics to give a spot focus of ~100 µm (round), with a 7.5 mrad beam divergence.