IPD 3000

The IPD3000, Imaging Plate Diffractometer, is designed for a complete diffractometric analysis without the need of any motor nor any electronic detector. The measurement is obtained by means of imaging plates (they can be used thousands of times!), on which the diffracted rays are revealed thanks to phosphors. A single complete diffractogram can be realised in few minutes!
Imaging Plates are nearly ideal photon detectors that give you highest quality digital images. They replace the old films and can be reused thousands of time.
The collected images can be read by the program MAUD. An high dynamic range and a great sensitivity of the imaging plates ensure resolution and quality of the spectra!
The Imaging Plate is a flexible image sensor in which bunches of very small crystals (grain size: about 5 µm) of photo-stimulable phosphor of barium fluorobromide containing a trace amount of bivalent europium as a luminescence center, formulated as BaFBr: Eu2+, are uniformly coated on a polyester support film.
Exposure of samples to the Imaging Plate is performed in a manner similar to that of photo-film. The exposed Imaging Plate is scanned with a laser beam of red light while the plate is being conveyed with high accuracy in a phosphor reader.
The exposed Imaging Plate, while being conveyed, is scanned with a focused laser beam. The PSL released upon the laser is collected into the photomultiplier tube (PMT) through the light collection guide and is converted to electric signals.