Specifications include, but are not limited to: The department of Materials Science and Engineering requests bids for the purchase of a Compact X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) for research. The diffractometer will be located in the Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1509 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706. This must either be a compact floor-standing device (up to 1m x 1m footprint) or a benchtop device. The diffractometer will be used primarily for high-throughput phase identification and lattice constant determination of bulk metallic polycrystalline and bulk metallic amorphous samples through standard diffraction measurements. The standard operation of the diffractometer must happen through the Graphic User Interface (GUI) of the diffractometer’s control software, which runs on the diffractometer’s built-in or external PC. The diffractometer must have a built-in automatic sample loading mechanism, which allows to safely transfer the sample and sample holder from an outside loading position to the inside measurement position and vice versa, without having to open the main door of the diffractometer. The outside loading position must be accessible (e.g. it must not be contained in an additional enclosure or covered by a lid), so that the laboratory’s own, separate robotic system can place a sample into and retrieve a sample from the loading position.
