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Cold stage used for low temperature X-ray diffraction
Cold stage used for low temperature X-ray diffraction. The stage is cooled by vaporised nitrogen. The vaporised liquid nitrogen circulates through the tube (5). Legend: (1) sample chamber (2) sample (3) cold stage (metallic support) (4) thermocouple (5) cold nitrogen supply (6) X-ray source (7) X-ray detector.