title: In situ reaction furnace for real-time XRD studies.
abstract: The new furnace at the Materials Characterization by X-ray Diffraction beamline at Elettra has been designed for powder diffraction measurements at high temperature (up to 1373 K at the present state). Around the measurement region the geometry of the radiative heating element assures a negligible temperature gradient along the capillary and can accommodate either powder samples in capillary or small flat samples. A double capillary holder allows flow-through of gas in the inner sample capillary while the outer one serves as the reaction chamber. The furnace is coupled to a translating curved imaging-plate detector, allowing the collection of diffraction patterns up to 2θ ≃ 130°.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, University Cà Foscari, INSTM, Via Torino 155b, Mestre-Venezia 30170, Italy. riellop@unive.it
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riello
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lausi
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macleod
authors.forename: Jasper Rikkert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Plaisier
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zerauschek
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fornasiero