Published May 21, 2017 | Version v1
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Automatic attenuator upgrade for a Siemens D500 diffractometer via a generic software library to overcome hardware limitations

Creators

  • 1. Technische Universität München, Physik-Department E21, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 2. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften und Geologie, Abteilung Isotopengeologie Außenstelle MLZ (FRM II), Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)

Description

A proxy software was developed which allows the Siemens D500 x-ray diffractometer to be upgraded with add-ons that have never been officially available for it. For demonstration, we designed and integrated an automatic attenuator option and demonstrated the feasibility of our upgrade path by typical comparative x-ray measurements, which would usually saturate the x-ray detector, if no attenuator is used.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.088

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.088;
PII
S0168-9002(17)30309-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
855
Journal Page Range
p. 61-64
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48085870
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ATTENUATION; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CODES; COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; X RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFRACTOMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVALUATION; INDUSTRY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MANUFACTURING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIONS

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