X-ray diffraction equipment for structure and texture measurements

对材料织构的研究是麦吉尔大学织构和微结构实验室的主要重点。 我们的实验室被认为是纹理研究的世界领先中心。 它是由 20年前，从NSERC和钢铁公司Dofasco的贡献和大约40名博士的培训， 几个硕士生，在 J. J. Jonas教授和申请人。 在过去的18年里，Szpunar教授小组发表了400多篇研究论文，这最好地说明了强大的活跃研究。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，目前已经过时，制造商通知我们，他们无法维修和支持它。由于X射线设备的非功能性，我们实验室和其他用户的研究进展受到阻碍，这是实现我们所有正在进行的研究计划所需的。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）为此次购买贡献了61，000美元，金属与材料工程系，工程系主任和副研究员麦吉尔 捐款42000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.