X-ray Diffraction - Solving Problems with Phase AnalysisSolving Problems with Phase Analysis Joseph...
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X-ray Diffraction -Solving Problems with Phase Analysis
Joseph R. Swider, Ph.D.Senior Research Scientist
Uses of X-ray Diffraction
• phase identification of materials- different phases of materials with the same elemental composition can have extremely different properties
• commonly used for inorganics but many organics can be identified
• degree of crystallinity
Elemental and Phase
Identification
Phase: how are the atoms in a sample arranged?
TiO2
brookite
anataserutile
Elemental: What is the amount of each element in a sample?
TiO2
Mass Percent:60% Ti40% O
Phase IdentificationCalcium carbonate
CaCO3
calcitearagonite
XRD Theory
• X-rays acting as waves interfere with each other, constructively or destructively
• A bright reflection occurs when the path length difference is an integral number, or
nl = 2d sin q
q q
d
Powder XRD
single crystal
powder sample
XRD Instrumentation
X-ray source
sample
detection
CCD
film
XRD Data
International Centre for Diffraction
Data (ICDD)
Rigaku Micro-XRD
• Rotating anode
• Image plate detection
• Particles in the 100 -10µm size range
• 100µm beam size
Extraction and Mounting Particles
for micro-XRD
Other XRD Sample Mounting
Sample Submission
• What form is the sample?
– Bulk
– Powder
– Particle(s) to be extracted
• Will elemental analysis (EDS) be required?
• What data analysis will be needed?
– Comparison to ICDD
– Relative crystallinity
– Comparison to standards
Common Requests
Pharmaceutical verification
USP method <941>
Contamination identification
Corrosion products
Paint and pigments
Organics
Crystallinity
Limitations
**Quantitative XRD
**Percent crystallinity
Indexing
Single crystal analysis
Cryo or low temperature
In situ samples larger than ~1cm
Pigments and Paint
Phthalocyanine Blue
Synthetic Ultramarine Blue
Prussian Blue
Crystallinity
crystalline
semi-crystalline
amorphous
20 µm particle
10 µm mineral
Corrosion
Identification
Fresco Deterioration
• Several frescoes in a university hall were cracking with numerous accretions or spall
• Architectural conservators wanted to identify the spall-this would indicate what materials were underneath the painted layer and source the problem
• Samples of spall and from an intact fresco tested for the presence of gypsum
Sample 1 with spall
Sample 2 intact
Surface Contamination
Particles Removed from
Cross-Section Layers
High-Resolution Imaging and ElementalScanning Electron Microscopy with
Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (SEM/EDS)
Optical Properties and ImagingLight Microscopy (LM)
Organic ClassificationFourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Phase IdentificationX-ray Diffraction (XRD)
Organic QuantificationGas, Liquid Chromatography
Raman Microscopy
Raman Microscopy
Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM)
Cross-Section Evaluation
1
3
2
Test Painting
• Simple primed canvas with three layers of known pigment and media or commercial paint
• Sections taken and the layers analyzed for pigment and media by particle
• Not embedded in epoxy
Test Painting Area 1
Titanium white
Zincite
Barite
Rutile
Prussian Blue
1 23
Cadmium Yellow Light
Test Painting Area 3
3
2
1
Burnt Sienna in oilHematite, quartz, barite
Prussian Blue Hue watercolor
copper and iron phthalocyanines
indigo in linseed oil
barite
Architectural Lead Paint Identification
• Elemental (EDS or XRF) will identify Pb in paint structures or layers from samples but will not determine if it is white lead carbonate, the white pigment discontinued from industrial paints and known to be a health hazard
• Received samples as polished mounts with EDS map and Pb-rich layers to sample for identification of white lead carbonate
• Particles removed from chips or dust wipes can confirm the presence of white lead carbonate
Polished Mounts
8
10
1816
15th
century Spanish panel
painting
Painting
Sample
4
5
3
2
1
Sample 1, Layer 2
Layer 2 , blue
Particle from Layer 4
Joseph R. Swider, Ph.D.Senior Research Scientist
[email protected]• (630) 887-7100
Thank you for joining us.
Layer 2, red
Sample 2, Layer 2