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40 years RMSKempten
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40 years of software, laboratory tests and training - 40 years of RMSKempten
Today is the day, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary!
More than forty years ago, during his doctorate, Mr. Wassermann began to create software for X-ray diffraction on the 8-bit computers that were just coming onto the market at the time.
Device control and measurement data acquisition were the first applications that were soon used as standard in what was then the Mineralogical-Petrographical Institute of the LMU Munich. It did not take long for the manufacturers of diffractometers to become aware of this development, and the first software package for the XRD was launched in 1981 under the name ADM, offering device control, measurement data acquisition, basic data evaluation, phase analysis and lattice constant refinement.
In the same year the company RMSKempten (Röntgenanalytik.Meßsysteme.Software) was founded and with his first comrade-in-arms and lifelong friend Dr. Günter Lorenz became the business areas
- XRD software,
- XRD laboratory (phase analysis, residual stress, texture analysis) and
- Education (user training, seminars and workshops)
brought to life.
Today, RMSKempten offers its sales partners corporate fitted, ready-to-use software solutions for almost all applications required for the XRD.
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Upgrade your XRD system with ADM Suite.
The control of X-ray diffractometers from different manufacturers with the provision of extremely comprehensive measurement methods through the ADM-Connect module makes ADM Suite particularly suitable for upgrading XRD systems that have been in operation for a long time.
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Only in ADM: Isoangular sections
The option to make isoangular sections is a unique selling point of the ADM software package. It gives the user the option of displaying intensities at the same diffraction angles from different diffractograms. This enables a visual representation of the intensity curve of identical interferences in several diffractograms and thus increases the efficiency in the analysis of material samples.
One application is the analysis of multiple components in a substance at different temperatures to follow reactions. The following 3D representation shows several diffractograms at synthesis temperatures between 600 and 640 degrees Celsius, which contain the quartz, calcite and wollastonite phases. The formation reaction of wollastonite from calcite and quartz can be seen very well in the isoangular section (second image).
In the isoangular sections , the transformation of the phases can be seen very well (point of intersection):
No other analysis program offers you as many possibilities as ADM. Download your free trial today!
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Interview in Wiley Analytical Science Magazine
Róisín Murtagh, Editor for Wiley Analytical Science Magazine, interviews Dr. Alfred Wasserman,
Owner and CEO of RMSKempten. The subject of the interview is X-ray diffraction (XRD) and its development over the years.
The full article can be downloaded from the downloads page.
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External tests confirm the quality of our laboratory results
Interlaboratory comparisons serve the external quality assurance of measurement and testing laboratories. Identical samples are sent to several laboratories, which have to analyze it under specified conditions. The reference institute for bioanalysis carries out annual tests on urinary stone analyses.
By successfully participating in the current test of the reference institute for bioanalysis, the XRD laboratory from RMSKempten was once again able to demonstrate its efficiency.
The quality of the XRD urinary stone analyzes from RMSKempten has been confirmed by a certificate for the seventh time in a row.
Read more … External tests confirm the quality of our laboratory results
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Phase analysis of a riverbank sand
The Iller flows directly in front of the RMSKempten laboratory. In addition to water, the Iller transports large amounts of sediment from the Alps downstream. These are stored on the shore along the river as sand.
Our XRD tells us what this sand is made of:
This analysis was performed with ADM Suite. Download your free trial here.
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RMSKempten: XRD analytics as a service
With X-ray diffractometry (XRD analysis), your samples can be examined non-destructively. The method offers many possibilities for characterizing the samples:
- Which chemical compounds (phases) and in what proportions is your sample composed of? (phase analysis)
- Which crystallite sizes do the identified phases show? (crystallite size and microstress analysis)
- What is the degree of crystallinity of the individual phases?
- What are the stresses and strains in your sample (residual stress analysis by measuring the distortion of the metal lattice)?
- Are there preferred crystallographic orientations in your samples (orientation and texture analysis)?
The XRD analysis offers answers to many questions. Contact us! The RMSKempten laboratory offers you an XRD analysis tailored to your needs.