{"id":91,"date":"2019-08-23T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T17:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/x-ray-diffraction-lab\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:10:34","slug":"x-ray-diffraction-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/research-and-discovery\/facilities\/x-ray-diffraction-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"X-ray Diffraction Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department\u2019s X-ray Diffraction Lab features a Rigaku MiniFlex+ Powder Diffractometer, a simple-to-run automated diffractometer connected to a Windows PC running JADE data reduction software with extensive ICDD and NIST diffraction pattern databases. With this system, researchers can easily identify single-phase mixtures (organic or inorganic), or complex multiphase mixtures. We have a number of sample holder options appropriate for large mixtures or simple phase identifications from very small sample quantities (&lt;3 mg in some cases) to very large quantities (&gt;500mg).<\/p>\n<p>The X-ray Diffraction Lab was made possible in part by funds graciously donated by Dr. Irene Gesiak Kelley (Boston University CLA\u201954, GRS\u201955, SED\u201992).<\/p>\n<p>For further information, contact laboratory manager <a href=\"mailto:jwsparks@bu.edu\">Dr. Joel Sparks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department\u2019s X-ray Diffraction Lab features a Rigaku MiniFlex+ Powder Diffractometer, a simple-to-run automated diffractometer connected to a Windows PC running JADE data reduction software with extensive ICDD and NIST diffraction pattern databases. With this system, researchers can easily identify single-phase mixtures (organic or inorganic), or complex multiphase mixtures. We have a number of sample [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18350,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/18350"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}