Equipment

The main equipment of the Laboratory is the X-ray diffraction system “STOE Transmission Diffractometer System STADI P” (STOE AUTOMATED DIFFRACTOMETER FOR POWDER) for the powder (polycrystal) method. It is manufactured by “STOE & Cie GmbH” (Darmstadt, Germany), one of the oldest and best-known companies in this field worldwide. The equipment is duly registered and certified, has all the necessary operating documents, and receives preventive maintenance and, when necessary, repair by the Laboratory staff and other specialists. The equipment of the Laboratory is on the balance sheet of the University. The equipment is also certified by “The International Centre for Diffraction Data” (ICDD).
The links below give documents and information on the technical specifications of the equipment and its components, the capabilities of the instrument, etc.

Official webpage of STOE STADI P – description of the instrument and its additional components (sample holders, detectors) on the manufacturer’s website.

Equipment specification – diffractometer alignment characteristics according to the standards of “The International Centre for Diffraction Data” (ICDD).

Equipment description, specification and capabilities – presentation.

At present, the instrument has the standard configuration: one horizontal goniometer in transmission geometry, a curved Ge(111) single-crystal monochromator, a linear position-sensitive detector, and the sample holders “STOE Transmission Sample Holder” (transmission mode) and “STOE Capillary Sample Holder” (Debye–Scherrer mode). It is planned to supplement the instrument with a second horizontal goniometer (Bragg–Brentano reflection geometry), a “STOE Reflection Sample Holder” and a “STOE High Temperature Furnace model 0.65.1” high-temperature attachment in order to increase the number of samples that can be studied, to allow precision measurements of surface objects in reflection geometry and to perform high-temperature X-ray diffraction. In 2025, the Laboratory was equipped with a new DECTRIS MYTHEN2 1D DCS4 450 µm detector, a new control computer for the instrument with the updated STOE WinXPOW 3.21.5 software package, and a new “HITEMA ENR-R410A.006” water-cooling system.

Equipment photos (December 2025)

General view of the Laboratory: STOE STADI P diffractometer, control computer and HITEMA water-cooling system	Goniometer of the STOE STADI P diffractometer in the radiation-protection enclosure
Goniometer and X-ray tube housing of the STOE STADI P diffractometer	Control computer running STOE WinXPOW 3.21.5