APD 2000 PRO Diffractometer is designed to be the best solution for phase and structural analysis of powder samples.

It could be equipped with various attachments for your special field of research.

In addition, custom designed accessories can be manufactured to your specifications.

APD 2000 PRO

The latest powder X-Ray Diffractometer developed by GNR


APD 2000 PRO diffractometer is an high power - Theta/2Theta - laboratory powder X-Ray Diffractometer equipped with all the most moder technical features which grant accuracy, precision, safety and easiness of use for XRD analysis of polycrystalline materials. 

Thanks to a wide offer of configurations and accessories such as high-speed detector, scintillation counter, high-low temperature and humiduty chamber, secondary monochromator, spinner and multiple sample holder, APD 2000 PRO is a powerful tool for powder diffraction applications such as routinary qualitative and quantitative phase analysis, non-ambient analysis, structure solution and refinement, crystallite size and degree of crystallinity calculation. 

  • High Speed Rate (1000°/min) 
  • High Precision Angle Reproducibility (+/- 0.0001°) 
  • Fast Measurement and Highly Reliable Data 
  • Extremely precise angular values thanks to stepper motors with optical encoders 
  • Easy to handle 

 APD 2000 PRO Key Features

  • Qualiltative and Quantitative Powder X-Ray Diffractometer
  • High Stability X-Ray generator through precision feedback control circuits 
  • Automatic ramp of the high voltage and emission current to preset values 
  • Ceramic X-Ray tubes with high reproducibility and stability of focus position
  • Microfocus tubes and policapillary collimators
  • Possibility of changing automatically from transmission to reflection mode 
  • High precision, high speed goniometer controlled by optical encoders 
  • Traditional, rotating, multi sample and capillary sample holders 
  • Scintillation counters, silicon strip and energy dispersive detectors 
  • Non-ambient analysis, low and high temperature chambers, humidity device

Qualitative and quantitative phase analysis, non-ambient analysis, retained austenite quantification, structure solution and refinement, crystallite size and crystallinity calculations. 

  • Geology and Mineralogy / Clays
  • Glass / Ceramics / Cement 
  • Chemicals / Petrochemicals 
  • Catalyst / Polymers
  • Forensics
  • Agricultural Sciences 
  • Biosciences / Environmental
  • Pharmaceuticals 
  • Cosmetics 
  • Art and Archeology 
X Ray Generator Maximum Output Power 3 kW (option: 4 kW)
Output Stability < 0.01 % (for 10% power supply fluctuation)
Max Output Voltage 60 kV
Max Output Current 60 mA (option: 80 mA)
Voltage Step Width 0.1 kV
Current Step Width 0.1 mA
Ripple 0.03% rms < 1kHz, 0.75% rms > 1kHz
Preheat and Ramp Automatic preheat and ramp control circuit
Input Voltage 220 Vac +/-10%, 50 or 60 Hz, single phase
Size Width 48.3 cm, height 13.3 cm, depth 56 cm
X-Ray Tube Type Glass (option: Ceramic), Cu Anode, Fine Focus (options: any kind of X-Ray tube)
Focus 0.4 x 12 mm LFF (other options available)
Max Output 3.0 kW
Goniometer Configurations Vertical and Horizontal Theta/2Theta geometry
Measuring circle diameters 350 - 400 mm
Vertical Scanning Angular Range - 60° < 2 Theta < + 168° (according to accessories)
Horizontal Scanning Angular Range - 110° < 2 Theta < + 168° (according to accessories)
Smallest selectable stepsize 0.0001°
Angular reproducibility +/- 0.0001°
Modes of operation Continuous scan, step scan, theta or 2 theta scan, fast scan, theta axis oscillation
Variable Divergence slits 0 - 4°
Variable Anti-Divergence slits 0 - 4°
Variable Receiver slits 0 - 4°
Soller slits
Detector Type Scintillation counter Nal (options: YAP(Ce); multistrip)
Countrate 2 x 10(6) cps (Nal); 2 x 10(7) cps (Yap(Ce))
Case Dimensions Width 850 mm, heigh 1680 mm, depth 750 mm
Leakage X-rays < 1 mSv/Year (full safety shielding according to the international guidelines)
Processing Unit Computer Type Personal Computer, the latest version
Items controlled X-ray generator, goniometer, sample holder, detector, counting chain
Basic Data Processing Polynomial least squares smoothing. Fourier smoothing. Search for Peaks (automatic and manual). Spline background subtraction. Single peak analysis (area, FWHM, centroid, background). Marquardt fit (with pseudo-Voigt and Pearson VII curves, Ka2 contribution, weighted sum of squares). Sum and multiply by a constant. Scale normalization. Zoom. Graphical windows. Overlap and comparison of diffractograms. Multiview function. Cursor scan. Creation of graphic files .BMP. ICDD-PDF2 Card Overlap. Creation of calibration curves. Analysis of unknown samples. Qualitative and quantitative phase analysis. Rietveld analysis, crystalline structural analysis, crystallite size and lattice strain, crystallinity calculation

Data Collection Programs

GNR offers a large variety of acquisition programs, for standard as well as for customized hardware configurations. the list includes programs for powder and high resolution diffractometers, retained austenite, data acquisition of stress (plane and triaxial) and thin films (XRD and GIXRD). 

SAX

Single peak analysis; peak treatment. Background subtraction, smoothing, deconvolution and peak localisation. Structural Analysis, Crystallite Size, Lattice Strain, Reflectometry, Quantitative Analysis.

Search and Match: MATCH!

Rietveld refinement, Display and compare multiple diffraction partners, Directly view specific phases/entries, instant usage of additional information, saving of selection criteria, Comfortable definition of background, Improved zooming facilities, Batch processing and Automatics.

Applications

Qualitative and quantitative phase analysis, non-ambient analysis, retained austenite quantification, structure solution and refinement, crystallite size and crystallinity calculations. 

  • Geology and Mineralogy / Clays
  • Glass / Ceramics / Cement 
  • Chemicals / Petrochemicals 
  • Catalyst / Polymers
  • Forensics
  • Agricultural Sciences 
  • Biosciences / Environmental
  • Pharmaceuticals 
  • Cosmetics 
  • Art and Archeology 

 

 

 

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