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X-ray Product Range

ARL 9900 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers with Integrated XRD Capability

ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometers

ARL X’TRA Companion

XRF and XRD Solutions for Colleges and Academic Institutions

Ensuring Quality and Safety of Polymers with XRF and XRD

Enhance Productivity and Value of Mineral Sources with XRF and XRD Solutions

Ensure Safer and Effective Pharmaceutical Formulations by XRD

A Practical Guide to Improving Mining and Mineral Operations

Additive manufacturing

Application Note: Combined Analysis of Titanium Powders for Additive Manufacturing with both XRD and XRF

Application Note: Study of Austenite in 410 Steel From Additive Manufacturing Using ARL EQUINOX 100 XRD

Cement Manufacturing

AN41510 - Analysis of metakaolin for cost-effective decarbonized cement using ARL X’TRA Companion X-ray Diffractometer

AN41500 - Quantitative analysis of C3S M1/M3 in CEM Ι using ARL X’TRA Companion

AN41501 - Analysis of Cement Clinker using ARL X'TRA Companion

Application Note: Determination of Limestone Addition in Cement Manufacture

Application Note: Decarbonized cements and the benefits of XRD analysis

Application Note: Free Lime Determination in Clinker

Application Note: Accuracy on NIST Clinker using ARL X'TRA Companion Benchtop XRD

Application Note: Quantification of amorphous cementitious materials using ARL X'TRA Companion Benchtop XRD

Ceramics

Application Note: Investigation of Ceramic Materials in 5G Antenna Development with ARL EQUINOX 100 XRD and QUANT’X EDXRF

Application Note: Quantitative Phase Analysis of Mining Products for Ceramic Industry

Application Note: Determination of Crystallite Size in PtC Catalysts with XRD

Energy

AN41506 - Determining the degree of graphitization for battery anodes using ARL X'TRA Companion

AN41502 - Quality Control of Li₂CO₃ from Salars by XRD analysis using ARL X'TRA Companion

Application Note: Investigation of a CIGS Solar Cell with XRD and EDXRF

Application Note: Determination of Crystallite Size in PtC Catalysts with XRD

Application Note: Small Angle Diffraction Capabilities of the ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer Using Ag-behenate

Geology, Mining and Minerals

Application Note: Analysis of Ilmenite Ore Samples from Australia and China with XRD & XRF Instruments

Application Note: XRD and XRF Investigation of Martian Analog Basalt from Terrestrial Craters

Application Note: Total Oxide X-ray Analysis with ARL 9900 Sim-Seq XRF Spectrometer

Application Note: Quantitative Determination of Rutile Versus Anatase in Heavy Minerals

Application Note: Quantitative Phase Analysis of Phosphate Rocks for Fertilizers

Application Note: Quantitative Phase Analysis of Mining Products for Ceramic Industry

Application Note: Amorphous Content in Quartz for Pharma Applications

Application Note: Analysis of Geological Minerals Using the ARL EQUINOX Series X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: Dynamic Studies with ARL EQUINOX 100 and BTS500 Chamber

Application Note: Small Angle Diffraction Capabilities of the ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer Using Ag-behenate

Application Note: Crystallite Size of Graphite in Calcined Petroleum Coke according to ASTM D5187 using ARL X’TRA Companion XRD

Forensics

Application Note: Explosive Material Study in Forensic Science using Bench-top XRD

Application Note: XRD Analysis in Forensic Drug Investigation using Benchtop ARL EQUINOX 100 XRD

Metal and Alloy Manufacturing

Application Note: Combined Analysis of Titanium Powders for Additive Manufacturing with both XRD and XRF

Application Note: Copper Base

Application Note: Analysis of Direct Reduced Iron and Hot Briquetted Iron with XRD

Application Note: Lc Determination in Anodes for Aluminum Industry

Nanoparticles and Thin films

Application Note: Investigation of Ni on Si Thin Film with ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: Determination of Crystallite Size in PtC Catalysts with XRD

Pharma

Application Note: Amorphous Content in Quartz for Pharma Applications

Application Note: XRD Investigation of Ibuprofen with ARL EQUINOX 100 in Transmission Mode

Application Note: Dynamic structural studies of pharmaceutical products using the ARL EQUINOX Series X-ray Diffractometers

Polymers and Plastics

AN41508: Determination of the degree of crystallinity in PE using ARL X'TRA Companion X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: XRD Investigation of Three Types of Polyethylene Films

Application Note: Determination of the Crystallinity in Polymer Samples Using ARL EQUINOX 100 Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: Phase Determination of Polymer Samples with ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: Polymorphism and Crystallite Size in β-Polypropylene Determined with ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer

Application Note: Small Angle Diffraction Capabilities of the ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer Using Ag-behenate

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XRD video library

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XRD webinars

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