X-ray diffraction equipment for structure and texture measurements

材料的织构是麦吉尔大学织构与微结构实验室的研究重点。我们的实验室被认为是世界领先的纹理研究中心。该项目于20年前由NSERC和Dofasco钢铁公司资助，在j.j. Jonas教授和申请人的指导下培养了约40名博士和几名硕士生。在过去的18年里，Szpunar教授小组发表了400多篇研究论文，这最多说明了他的活跃研究。该实验室设备被我们系的学生和研究人员以及其他大学用户广泛使用，但目前已过时，制造商告知我们无法维修和支持。由于x射线设备不能正常工作，我们实验室和其他用户的研究进展受到阻碍，而这是实现我们所有正在进行的研究计划所必需的。一个新的x射线衍射系统是实现正在进行的研究项目的必要和迅速的需要。使用该设备的教授（10名用户）为此次购买贡献61,000美元，金属与材料工程系，工程院长和副总裁麦吉尔研究贡献42,000美元。

Research on texture of materials is the principle focus of Textures and Microstructures Laboratory at McGill.   Our laboratory is considered a leading world center in texture research.  It was funded   20 years ago from the contribution of NSERC and Steel Company Dofasco and trained of about 40 PhD's and   several master's students, under supervision of   Prof. J. J. Jonas and the applicant.  The strong active research is at best illustrated by more than 400 research papers that were published by Prof. Szpunar group during past 18 years. The laboratory equipment was extensively used by students and researchers of our department and other university users it is at present obsolete and the manufactures informed us that they cannot repair and support it. Research progress in our laboratory and other users is hindered because of the non functionality of the X-ray equipment, which is required for realization of all our on-going research programs. A new X-ray diffraction system is an essential and expeditious need for the realization of ongoing research projects. Professors that use this equipment (ten users) contribute $61,000 toward this purchase and the Department of Metals and Materials Engineering, Dean of Engineering and VP-Research McGill   contribute $42,000.