The following activities are carried out in the X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory:

• X-ray diffraction measurements;

• crystallographic texture analysis.

The following equipments are available:

• PANalytical X’Pert PRO MRD diffractometer equipped with a goniometer model PW3050/60, a texture chamber and a PIXcel two-dimensional solid state detector;

• general purpose PANalytical X’Pert PRO MPD diffractometer equipped with a model PW3050 goniometer.

Area: 25 m².

Contact: Prof. Luiz Paulo Mendonça Brandão - brandao@ime.eb.br