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To mount the sample, proceed as follows:
1. Loosen the fixing springs by using tweezers.
2. Place the sample in the middle of the heating
plate to make sure that the
X-ray beam hits the sample. If the X-ray beam
hits the heating plate or the springs, diffraction
and fluorescence from the heating plate or the
springs may be detected. In this case refer to
the reference guide C58IB002EN).
3. Insert and push down the springs to fix the sam-
ple. Make sure that the sample has a very tight
contact to the heating plate to guarantee opti-
mum heat transfer. Fix the sample tightly so that
it does not move during the measurement (upon
movement of the goniometer).
6.2.2 Powder Samples
Optionally, a powder sample carrier (PSC) and cor-
responding anti-scatter slits (ASS) are available for
the DHS 1100 (refer to the reference guide
C58IB002EN).
Fig. 6-1: Powder Sample Carrier (PSC)
Fig. 15: PSC with Anti-Scatter slit (ASS)
Both, the powder sample carrier (cup depth: 1mm;
cup diameter: 15 mm) and the anti-scatter slit are
made of Inconel. Two different heights of the anti-
scatter slit are available: 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
Mounting without Anti-Scatter Slit
1. Put the PSC in the middle of the heating plate.
2. Fix the PSC with the short (5 mm) fixing springs
CAUTION
Hot surface
During operation and even after turning off the
heating, the sample stage and the dome can be
hot. Make sure that all parts of the DHS 1100 are
below 50 °C before touching the instrument.
CAUTION
Use a pair of tweezers for fixing the sample on
the sample stage.
• Carefully mount the sample with the fixing
springs and do
not
bend or deform the
springs.
• Used fixing springs can be bend and used for
further measurements or replaced (refer to
the reference guide C58IB002EN).
CAUTION
Make sure that the temperature of the heating
plate of DHS 1100 is < 50 °C before you mount/
dismount the PSC and ASS.
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