• X-Ray texture diffractometer
• EBSD
• optical texture analysis by Rotating stage
• Universal Stage
• necessary sample preparation facilities
• full data evaluation with standard software incl. ODF and Rietveld
• calculation of physical properties
• quantitative fracture analysis

In addition we have long years of measurement experience at the neutron texture diffractometer SKAT in Dubna, Russia. Currently the new high-intensity diffractometer for texture and powder diffraction POWTEX at the Garching research reactor FRM-II is under construction by a collaboration between RWTH Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich and our group and will also be optimized for geoscientific applications.

Complementary we are also performing experiments at synchrotron sources throughout Europe.

• in-situ deformation apparatus for continuous measurement the texture during uniaxial and triaxial (pressure gauge) deformation experiments to quantitatively evaluate the deformation mechanisms.
• in-situ deformation apparatus for the simultaneous measurement of tensile stresses (youngs modulous, poisson ratio) and texture
• in-situ recrystallisation furnace to quantitavely measure recrystallisation processes in 3D by orientation stereology (in cooperation with Helmut Klein, Crystallography Department, University of Göttingen)

You can reach us at:
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen (GZG) Department of Structural Geology
Goldschmidt Str. 3
D-37077 Göttingen
Germany

phone:
+49 551 39 7934 (Dr. Bernd Leiss)
+49 551 39 33196 (Dr. Jens Walter)