X-ray Diffractometry Core facility

LOCATION

Corso Europa 26, Palazzo delle Scienze (building 12), I floor, rooms I.06-I.08-I.09

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Prof. Cristina Carbone (cristina.carbone@unige.it)

MISSION

X-ray diffractometry is an analytical technique based on the elastic scattering (diffraction) of X-rays in the process of interaction between electromagnetic radiation and crystalline solids. The interference between the waves diffracted by the electrons is constructive only in the directions in which the waves diffused by all the atoms belonging to the same crystalline lattice are in phase coincidence. In the first half of ‘900 this technique developed for the determination of crystallographic structures from single crystals; starting from the ’80s, powder diffraction has been widely used, even in the industrial sector, as an analytical technique for the qualitative and quantitative determination of the phases and their texture.

OUR SERVICES

Identification of crystalline phases in solid materials
Semi-quantitative and quantitative determination of crystalline phases
Determination of crystallite sizes and structural analysis of individual phases
Identification of clay components in soils
Crystalline silica analysis, synthetic phases and kidney stones

EQUIPMENTS

XRD1 - generator Philips PW3830 + goniometer Philips PW1050/37
XRD2 - generatore Philips PW1720 + goniometer Philips PW1050/81
Stereomicroscope Zeiss 475200-9901
Stereomicroscope ausJENA Citoval2
Thermostatic incubator M780
Centrifuge ALC4225
Labosphere Mod. 2160
Balance Sartorius CP6201
Agitator MSA Clinoshaker
Magnetic and thermal plates
Water deionization system
Glassware

PERSONNEL

Prof.ssa Cristina Carbone (cristina.carbone@unige.it)
Dott. Adrian Yus Gonzalez (adrian.yus.gonzalez@unige.it)
Prof. Nicola Campomenosi (nicola.campomenosi@unige.it)
Dott. Yuri Gagliano (yuri.galliano@edu.unige.it)

TARGET USERS

Researchers within the institution
External collaborators (public and private)
PhD students, fellows, trainees, post-docs (after training)

HOW TO ACCESS

Online booking by contacting the scientific responsible by email
Updated price list available on the DISTAV website

COLLABORATIONS & NETWORKING

Participation in national and international networks
Multidisciplinary collaborative projects with the departments of Chemistry and Engineering and other Italian universities (e.g. Padua, Camerino, Rome 3)
Scientific agreement with the Luciano Dabroi Museum of Andora and the G. Doria Civic Museum of Natural History of Genoa
Scientific collaboration with the nephrology department of the San Martino hospital for the analysis of kidney stones

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