Polymorphism and crystallite size in β-Polypropylene determined with ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray diffractometer

Determination of the crystallinity in polymer samples using ARL EQUINOX 100 benchtop X-ray diffractometer Authors: Dr. Simon Welzmiller, Ju Weicai, XRD Application Specialists Introduction Polymer materials are used for a vast amount of applications in modern society, ranging from packaging…

Phase determination of polymer samples with ARL EQUINOX 100 benchtop X-ray diffractometer Authors: Dr. Simon Welzmiller, Ju Weicai, XRD Application Specialists Introduction In the last century, our society shifted from the age of metals to the age of plastics, from…

Analysis of titanium powder for additive manufacturing with ARL EQUINOX 100 XRD and ARL QUANT’X XRF Systems Authors: Dr. Simon Welzmiller, Application Specialist XRD, and Dr. Pascal Lemberge, Application Specialist EDXRF Introduction Due to the fast-technological progression, the demand for…

XRD investigation of three types of polyethylene films with ARL EQUINOX 100 X-ray Diffractometer Author: Gregory Schmidt, XRD Applications Scientist Introduction Polyethylene (PE) is the most common plastic in use today. In 2017 alone, over 100 million tons of PE…