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Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
Published on: October 7, 2013
A multi-modal high pressure and high temperature reaction cell for combined x-ray spectroscopy, scattering, and
Thokozile A Kathyola1, Stephen J Keylock1, Konstantin Ignatyev1
1Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
A free-standing and compact reaction cell for combined in situ/operando x-ray spectroscopy, scattering, and imaging measurements at high pressures and high temperatures is described. The cell permits measurements under realistic operating conditions (up to 50 bar and 1000 °C), under static and flow conditions (up to 100 ml/min), over a wide range of hard x-ray energies, variable detection modes (transmission, fluorescence, and scattering), and at all angles of rotation. An operando XAS, x-ray fluorescence, x-ray computed tomography, and x-ray diffraction computed tomography case study on the reduction of a heterogeneous catalyst is presented to illustrate the performance of the reaction cell.
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