Elevated temperature XRD instrument suppliers

Anton Paar KG, Kärntner Strabe 322, A-8054 Graz, Austria, Tel.: 43 316 28 26 12 0 (Resistance heat-band and non-contact furnaces)

Huber Diffraktionstechnik GmbH, D-8219 Rimsting, Germany, Tel.: 49 8051 4472 [UK contact: Huber U.K. Ltd, P.O. Box 36 Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, RG9 4TB, Tel.: 01734 403657] (capillary furnaces)

Johanna Otto GmbH (formerly Edmund Bühler), Rottenburger Strabe 3, D72411 Bodelshaussen, Germany, Tel.: 49 7471 7398 0 (Resistance heat-band based furnaces)

Nonius BV Delft, PO Box 811, 2600 AV Delft, The Netherlands Tel.: 31 15 269 8300 [UK contact: Nonius Ltd., Porters Wood St. Albans, Herts AL3 6PH, Tel.: 01727 843939 (furnaces for use with Inel CPS 120 detector)

Philips Analytical X-ray B.V., Lelyweg 1, 7602 EA Almelo, The Netherlands Tel.: 31 546 83 99 11 [UK contact: Philips Analytical X-ray, York St., Cambridge CB1 2QU, Tel.: 01223 374411] (systems incorporating other manufacturers furnaces)

Bruker AXS, AUT 37, D76181 Karlsruhe, Germany, Tel.: 49 721 595 2888 [UK contact: Bruker Analytical X-ray Systems, Sir William Siemens House, Princess Road, Manchester M20 2UR, Tel.: 0161 446 5267/9] (capillary furnaces and systems incorporating other manufacturers furnaces)

Stoe & CIE GmbH, Hilpertstrabe 10, D64295 Darmstadt, Germany, Tel.: 49 6151 9887 0 (furnaces for capillaries, fibres and foils)

X-Ray Associates, PO Box 25, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 8BQ, Tel.: 01635 248080 (mainly small cryostats with higher temperature capability)

This list, published in the BCA Newsletter and web page, was compiled by Steve Norval, ICI Technology, E-mail steve-norval@ici.com