Henrik, I just noticed that the scan indicated Cobalt (Co) radiation is used and not Cr. Best regards, James Stauver JS Technical Services 6159 Moss Rose Lane Aubrey, TX 76227 940-382-2934 Office 940-898-0150 Fax www.jstechnicalservices.com -----Original Message----- From: Support and use of X-ray diffraction instrumentation [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Henrik Kaker Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Price of Bruker Solid State Detector SOL-X James, Thank you. I'm working in company which produce tool and special steels and we used Bruker D8 on this steel samples. We wish to reduce background from the steel matrix in our analysis. Now we used scintillation detector and Cr Kalpha radiation. When work with powder samples or thin films or other alloys like Cu, Al, Pb the results are ok. In the attached file is pattern of 12% Cr steel with retained austenite from the bulk sample (metallographic sample). Background is to high. Do you think that the SOL-X detector is suitable to reduce this background or maybe is graphite monochromator the better solution. Best regards, Henrik James Stauver wrote: > Henrik, > > We have a used Sol-X detector but we believe that the sensitivity > (count > rate) has decreased to near that of a standard scintillation detector. > I have been told that this is normal and that the detector can not be > restored to it's original intensities. I recommend contacting Bruker > directly for a price of a new detector. > > > Best regards, > > > James Stauver > JS Technical Services > 6159 Moss Rose Lane > Aubrey, TX 76227 > 940-382-2934 Office > 940-898-0150 Fax > www.jstechnicalservices.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Support and use of X-ray diffraction instrumentation > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Henrik Kaker > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Price of Bruker Solid State Detector SOL-X > > Good morning, > > We are looking information about price of Bruker Solid State Detector SOL-X. > Thank you. > > Best regards, > > Henrik Kaker > Metal Ravne d.o.o. > Slovenia > > ______________________________________________ > XRD mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/xrd.html > To leave the list use the webpage or send an email to: > [log in to unmask] with the text > SIGNOFF XRD > > ______________________________________________ > XRD mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/xrd.html > To leave the list use the webpage or send an email to: > [log in to unmask] with the text > SIGNOFF XRD > > > __________ NOD32 4331 (20090813) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > -- Dr. Henrik Kaker Ob Suhi 23 SI-2390 Ravne Slovenia GSM: +386 31 784 281 http://www.kaker.com Email:[log in to unmask] ______________________________________________ XRD mailing list [log in to unmask] http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/xrd.html To leave the list use the webpage or send an email to: [log in to unmask] with the text SIGNOFF XRD ______________________________________________ XRD mailing list [log in to unmask] http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/xrd.html To leave the list use the webpage or send an email to: [log in to unmask] with the text SIGNOFF XRD