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FIREPOD (under construction)

Thermal high-throughput powder diffractometer

FIREPOD FIREPOD

FIREPOD (FIne REsolution POwder Diffractometer) is a dedicated high-throughput powder diffractometer on the thermal beam tube SR-8a. Its main field of application is the analysis of the crystal structure of modern polycrystalline materials, whereby it is ideally suited for a variety of fast parametric studies and investigations on large sample series.

FIREPOD is characterised by eight 2D area detectors (DENEX 300TN), each with an active area of 300 × 300 mm2 and a position resolution of 2 × 3 mm2. All eight detectors are placed at a fixed distance of 1375 mm from the sample, resulting in a maximum scattering angle 2θ of up to 160°. Complete coverage of this range is achieved with just two steps of the detector bank. This distance also allows for bulky sample environments (radius < 900 mm; weight < 850 kg). An oscillating radial collimator (field of view: 42 mm) suppresses parasitic scattering.

The secondary optics offer several options for beam conditioning in front of the sample. These include a HOPG filter to suppress unwanted higher-order wavelengths and a Soller collimator changer (10’ and 20’) to adjust the horizontal beam divergence. Also available is a moveable sample aperture that enables position-resolved diffraction. A six-axes robotic arm (UR10e; Universal Robotics) can be used as an automatic sample changer for the rapid measurement of very large sample series.

In the first step, FIREPOD is installed at the 112.5° exit of the existing SPODI monochromator shielding of the SR-8a beamline. At this exit angle, the Ge(551) monochromator delivers a wavelength of λ = 1.318 Å.

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Sample environment
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Instrument scientists

Dr. Christoph Hauf
Phone: +49 (0)89 289-14435
E-mail: christoph.hauf@frm2.tum.de

Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn
Phone: +49 (0)89 289-14316
E-mail: anatoliy.senyshyn@frm2.tum.de

Dr. Markus Hölzel
Phone: +49 (0)89 289-14314
E-mail: markus.hoelzel@frm2.tum.de

FIREPOD@SPODI
Phone: +49 (0)89 289-14826

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