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A side-loading hermetic sample holder for X-ray powder diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

Joseph H. Reibenspies  and
Nattamai Bhuvanesh
Joseph H. Reibenspies*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA
Nattamai Bhuvanesh
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA
*
a)Electronic mail: j-reibenspies@tamu.edu
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Abstract

This manuscript describes the construction, testing, and use of a simple side-loading air-tight specimen holder for use with Bruker X-ray powder diffractometers.

Keywords

specimen holderhermeticair-tightside-loadair-sensitive

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Laboratory Note
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 56 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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