Philips PW-1710 manual

LABORATORY MANUAL AND INSTRUCTIONS Version 1.3 Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Dr. M.L. Weaver W. S. Rollings Septem ber 6, 2000 This manual describes operation of the Philips PW-1710 X-ray ge nerator using PC-APD, techniques for data collection and analy s is, and for instrument shutdown. All users should refer to the proper manuals for [...]

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PHILIPS X-RAY GENERATOR TURNING ON THE X-RAY GENERATOR 1) SI GN THE LOG SHEET! 2) Turn on the water chiller and wait 1 minute. The water pressure should be ≥ 40 psi. 3) On the x-ray generator , set the voltag e and curr ent to the lowest available setting (i.e., turn the kV and mA knobs all of the way to the left). 4) Turn on the[...]

10) On the small shutter control panel (Figure C), select window 2. Open the shutter by turning the selector knob to ∞ (one click to the right). Press the red ON button. The y ellow light for shutter 2 will come on. 11) The instrument is now ready to collect data. Setup y our data collection program in PC-APD and run it. SEE THE NOTES FOR PC -APD[...]

25) Alter the field to collect a standard powder measurement. See Figure 3. 26) Press [Esc] twice to return to the main APD menu. 27) Choose DATA COLL ECTION (D). 28) Choose I DENTI FY MEASUREMENT (I ). 29) Enter the name of the identify program that was just cr eated. Pre ss [Enter]. Press F 5 to see a list of available identify programs if necess[...]

S Y S T E M P A R A M E T E R S 6-Sep-00 13:12:32 Licensee: Some Laboratory Tuscaloosa, AL I dentification: Philips Analy tical PC-APB, Diffraction software Data directory : C:APDDATA Temporary files: C: A P D T MP Graphics Adapter: VGA Graphics hard copy device: PRINTER Monitor: COLOUR Number of pens: Serial port Used for Baudrate Databits Sto[...]

PARAMETERS FOR PW3710 BASED DI FFRACTOMETER 6-Sep-00 13:12:32 Sample Change r: NO Spinner: NO Tube Anode: Cu Focus: NF (Norm al Focus) Programmable ge nerator (PW1825): NO Generator tension [kV]: 45 Generator current [m A]: 40 Diverge nce slit: 1/12° Separate θ drive: NO Receiving Slit [mm]: 0.2 Monochromator: YES L ower leve l [%]: 30 Upper leve[...]

I D E N T I F Y : S C A N P A R A M E T E R S 6-Sep-00 13:12:32 New program: Ty pe of Program: CONTINUOUS Step size [°2 θ ]: 0.020 Start Angle [ °2 θ ]: 10.000 Maximum d-value [Å]: 8.83820 End Angle [°2 θ ]: 70.000 Minimum d-value [Å]: 1.34298 Scan time [h:m:s]: 0:50:00 Number of steps: 3000 Time per step [s]: 1.000 Scan speed [°2 θ /s]: [...]

ANALYZING DATA ANALYZING DATA ANALYZING DATA ANALYZING DATA The following procedures explain the use of the APD and IDENTIFY software to analyze collected data. Patte rns must be treated using the APD software prior to identification using the IDENTIFY sofware. 1. Choose APD from X-MENU and from the main menu select PATTERN TREATMENT (P). 2. Choose[...]

P E A K S E A R C H 6-Sep-00 13:12:32 I nput file: HDPE .RD DI file: HDPE .DI Create background file: NO Create peak dat a file: NO Creeate smoothed d ata fil e: NO Create second derivative file: NO St art angle [°2 θ ]: 0.200 End angle [°2 θ ]: 0.260 Minimum peak tip width [°2 θ ]: 0.04 Maximum peak tip width [°2 θ ]: 1.00 Peak base width [...]

17. Enter the name of the DI file (this file was created when the peak se arch was performed and has the same name as the raw data file but a DI exte nsion) to be edited. 18. Press F1 to edit the lin es. 19. Peaks can be added, deleted or moved. To add a peak press F4 for insert and then F8 for graphical mode. Then, position the cursor on the tip o[...]

23. You will be brought to th e PC-Identify main window (Figure 3). Figure 3. PC -Ident ify main window. 24. Choose IDENTIF Y (I) and press F1 or ENTER. You will be prompted with a highlighted entry box as indicated in Figure 4.[...]

Figure 4 25. Select the appropriate data directory and press ENTER. 26. Enter the name of the desired DI file or press F5 to se lect from a list of available DI files. 27. Press F1 to continue with an alysis. You will be prompted with the following screen:[...]

Figure 5 28. Use the ‘+’ or ‘-‘ keys to toggle the parame ters setting to ‘N ormal’, ‘Precise ’ or ‘User defined’ depending upon the type of analysis that you want to do.  A ‘Normal’ setting is appropriate for gene ral analysis.  The ‘User define d’ option can be used to limit the scope of your search to sele[...]

Figure 6 31. Press F8 to go to graphics mode. You will be prompted with a screen similar to Figure 7. Figure 7[...]

32. The list of patterns can now be compared to both the DI file and the raw data file. Pressing the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ keys step s through the list of candidates and pressing F4 and F3 insert and delete the reference patte rns from the raw data field.[...]

TURNING OFF THE X-RAY GENERATOR 1. Close the shutter by turning the appropriate knob on the Shutter Control B ox (Figure C) to off. Lower the current to the lowest mA by turning the mA knob all of the way to the left. Reduce the voltage to 25 kV. WAI T 5 MINUTES. 2. L ower the voltage to 10 kV (i.e., lowest kV). 3. Turn off the X-ray generator by p[...]