Commissioning of Angle Dispersive X-ray Diffraction Beamline on Indus-2

Abstract

An Angle dispersive x‐ray diffraction (ADXRD) beamline on bending magnet source of Indus‐2 synchrotron (2.5 GeV, 300 mA) has been commissioned, for the study of single and polycrystalline samples. The beamline optics is based on vertically focusing Pt‐coated pre and post mirrors and sagittal focusing Si (311) based double crystal monochromator. Experimental station consists of a six circle diffractometer equipped with scintillation detector and an image plate area detector for powder diffraction. XRD experiments have been performed to study single crystal and polycrystalline samples.