title: New high- and low-temperature apparatus for synchrotron polycrystalline X-ray diffraction.
abstract: A high-temperature furnace with an induction heater coil and a cryogenic system based on closed-cycle refrigeration have been assembled to enhance the non-ambient powder diffraction facilities at the Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory. The commissioning of the high- and low-temperature devices on the high-resolution powder diffractometer of Station 2.3 is described. The combined temperature range provided by the furnace/cryostat is 10-1500 K. Results from Fe and NH(4)Br powder samples are presented to demonstrate the operation of the apparatus. The developments presented in this paper are applicable to a wide range of other experiments and diffraction geometries.
authors.affiliation: CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, UK.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bushnell-Wye
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cernik