100-position robotic sample changer for powder diffraction with low-background vacuum chamber

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dc.contributor.authorOlsen, SRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPullen, SAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorAvdeev, Men_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-19T02:13:49Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:09:34Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-19T02:13:49Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:09:34Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-04en_AU
dc.date.statistics2010-04en_AU
dc.description.abstractAt the new Australian OPAL research reactor, experiments carried out at room temperature use a substantial fraction of beam time on the high-resolution powder diffractometer, Echidna. With an average data collection time of 2 h and a complicated safety interlock system to protect users, the need for a fully automated and remotely controlled system was quickly realized. This report presents a solution based on a commercial four-axis robot capable of loading samples from two 50-position sample trays, in any order, into an automatically evacuated chamber. This chamber significantly reduced background signal arising from air scattering, with the effect being especially pronounced at low and high 2 angles. In the case of textured or inhomogeneous samples, the system may be re-configured so that the robot rotates the sample in the beam or translates it vertically through the beam. © 2010, Wiley-Blackwell.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationOlsen, S. R., Pullen, S. A., & Avdeev, M. (2010). 100-position robotic sample changer for powder diffraction with low-background vacuum chamber. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43, 377-379. doi:10.1107/S0021889810003614en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1616en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0021-8898en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Applied Crystallographyen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination377-379en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889810003614en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/3197en_AU
dc.identifier.volume43en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_AU
dc.subjectOPAL Reactoren_AU
dc.subjectANSTOen_AU
dc.subjectReactor instrumentationen_AU
dc.subjectRobotsen_AU
dc.subjectSample changersen_AU
dc.subjectDiffractometersen_AU
dc.title100-position robotic sample changer for powder diffraction with low-background vacuum chamberen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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