Dear All, we are going to purchase a Fuji image plate system (Fuji BAS-1800) for our X-ray lab. I am planning to use these plates for powder diffraction, to be performed on small (<0.1mm) mineral fragments; the device to be used is still to be assembled. A possible choice could be to use a collimator, a Gandolfi camera basement for the crystal motion, the diffraction effects being then recorded in flat-plane geometry by the Fuji plate. Another choice would be to put the flat plane plate on a 4-circle diffractometer. There are several important details to be considered, and I wonder what to do to optimize the device, provided that we will have a budget of some Keuro to purchase the various components of the device. I will be happy to hear your advices and to give more informations to anyone interested. best regards Natale Perchiazzi
