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Automated X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Annin Segmüller
Annin Segmüller*
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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Abstract

An IBM 1800 time-sharing system is used in our X-ray laboratory to control a four-circle diffractometer for structure research, several powder diffractometers, a pole-figure goniometer and a microdensitometer along with other instruments outside the diffraction area. A survey of the computer system is given and the hardware necessary to automate the diffractometers is discussed. The computer supervision ranges from simple data-logging with a minimum of control to complete control of all actions depending on the diffractometer and the requirements of the experiment. Also described is the use of the computer to process the data and to perform background jobs.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 15: Twentieth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 11-13, 1971 , 1971 , pp. 114 - 122
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1971

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