Powder X-ray Diffraction Laboratory

The Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Laboratory consists of 3 instruments: a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (Cu), a Bruker D8 Discover diffractometer (Cu), and a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (Mo).

Bruker D8 Advance Diffractomer (Cu)

Equipped with a sealed-tube copper X-ray source and 0D/1D SSD160-2 detector.  The instrument can be optionally configured for variable temperature studies, from room temperature to 1,100 °C. This system was purchased by Prof. Arthur Mar (CHEM) through an NSERC grant and installed in June 2020.

Bruker D8 Discover Diffractomer (Cu)

Equipped with an air-cooled copper X-ray microsource and 0D/1D/2D Eiger 2R-500K detector.  The instrument can be optionally configured for (1) variable-temperature studies, from about -180 to 400 °C and (2) structural and other studies on thin films, such as X-ray reflectivity, high-resolution XRD, and grazing incidence XRD. System was purchased by a collective of 9 professors (from CHEM, CME, and EAS departments) through a CFI grant and installed in December 2023.

Bruker D8 Advance Diffractomer (Mo)

Equipped with a sealed-tube molybdenum X-ray source and 0D/1D LYNXEYE XE-T detector.  The instrument operates in the capillary geometry, and its configuration is suitable for total scattering experiments.  System was purchased by a collective of 9 professors (from CHEM, CME, and EAS departments) through a CFI grant and installed in December 2024.

The XRD Lab is located in room E4-10 of the Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre.  To arrange access and training, please follow these instructions.  If you run into difficulties, please contact Dr. Michael Ferguson (director of the facility) or Dr. Dmitry Vrublevskiy (technician). For researchers external to the Department of Chemistry, please contact Dmitry to discuss arrangements for data collection and/or analysis.