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Chemical Instrumentation Facility X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory
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engaged in a number of ongoing activities, all broadly related to the structure
and properties of molecular crystals. We apply a variety of experimental and
computational techniques to these investigations.
Dr. Arkady Ellern
1711 Gilman Hall
+1-(515)294-7956(office)
+1-(515)294-5717(fax)
E-mail: ellern@iastate.edu
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Laboratory Description
The X-Diffraction Laboratory is part of the
Chemical Instrumentation Facility of
the Department of Chemistry of
Iowa State University. The facility is
located in room 1709 on the first floor of Gilman Hall on the Iowa State campus.
The X-ray laboratory is both a service and user facility for the university.
Sample compounds may be submitted to the laboratory for data collection and
structure determination by the staff. After supervised training users my collect
data on there own. The X-ray laboratory serves the faculty, staff and students
of the entire University community. The primary users of the laboratory are from
the departments of Chemistry,
Material Sciences and
Chemical Engineering.
Available Instrumentation
Single Crystal Diffractometer Bruker-AXS
SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer with a charge-coupled-device detector, solid state
generator, Mo target tube, and low temperature device. Available for student use
or sample submission. The diffractometer is PC controlled (Windows NT) using
Bruker AXS SHELXTL software package
Powder Diffractometer Scintag
XDS-2000, theta-theta goniometer with sealed tube, solid state generator , Cu
radiation source and air cooled Kevex Psi Peltier Silicon
detector. The bulk of the samples run on the system are powders, but the system
can be configured for collection of thin-film data. Instrument is PC controlled
(Windows NT) running Scintag DMS software package.
Polarization Microscope equipped with
Instec hot-stage and digital
imaging processing system allow optical study of crystals at different
temperatures ( -170C till +350 deg. C)
Computing Resources allow
authorized users collect and proceed their own data using a variety of networked PC's
with different software packages installed. In addition
ISU's Project Vincent workstations available through the Department of Chemistry
and the Chemical Instrumentation Facility.
Services
The X-ray laboratory provides the following services:
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