Australian X-Ray Facilities and Capabilities

We have collated a directory of X-ray facilities and capabilities around Australia. Below you will find information about techniques available and modes of access organised by state. If you would like to see your facility included or updates to the entry, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Victoria

university of Melbourne
Contact: Raveen Wijesuriya, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • Bruker D8 Advance - Cu radiation, divergent and parallel beam optics, rotating stage, XYZ stage for odd-shaped specimens, 90 sample autochanger for powder specimens.
  • ​Bruker S2 PUMA – EDXRF with 20 sample autochanger​​
​XtaLAB Synergy-S
Monash University
Contact: Dr. Jisheng Ma, [email protected], [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D8 Advance
  • D8 Discover
  • D8 Advance ECO
  • D8 Advance ECO
  • D2 Phaser
  • N8 Horizon (300W Cu micro-focus beam, Vantec-500 2D detector)
  • NanoSTAR II (5.4 kW Rotating Anode Cu, Vantec-2000 2D detector)
RMIT University
Contact: Mr Frank Antolasic, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D8 Advance
  • D8 Discover
  • D4 Endervor
​S4 Pioneer
NanoStar Small Angle X-ray Scattering instrument
Apex Duo Single crystal XRD instrument
Deakin university
Contact: A/Prof Peter Lynch, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • MRD XL
  • X'pert Powder
Xenocs Xeuss 3.0, SAXS-WAXS-MicroCT, MetalJet, IN-SITU tensile
la trobe university
Contact: 
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D5000
  • MRD 
​Olympus DELTA Handheld XRF Analyzer
Swinburne university
Contact: ​Microanalytical and Microfabrication Facility
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D2 Phaser
  • D8 Advance

Queensland

University of Queensland
Contact: Alison White, [email protected]; Anya Yago, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D8 Advance, Twin-Twin, Cu
  • SmartLab Rotating Anode, In-plane Arm, Cu
  • SmartLab SE
​IXRF ATLAS X µXRF Mo Mapping
Xenocs Xeuss 2.0 SAXS
  • Rigaku Synergy-S PhotonJet-S Mo/Ag Pilatus3 CdTe
  • D8 Ventuer Mo/Ag APEX3
QUEENSLAND University of TECHNOLOGY
Contact: Dr. Tony Wang, [email protected], Ashley Locke, [email protected] & [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • ​D8 Advance - Multipurpose reconfigurable XRD (Co, Cr radiation)
  • D8 Endeavour - High Throughput dedicated Powder Diffractometer (Co radiation)
  • SmartLab - Non-ambient in-situ XRD (Cu, Mo radiation)
  • SmartLab - High Throughput Powder / Thin Film XRD (Cu, Mo radiation)
​S8 Tiger WD-XRF (GEO-Quant Advanced, Metal-Quant, Petro-Quant, Quant-Express) 75x sample changer
​D8 Ventuer Mo/Ag APEX6
GRiffith university
Contact: [email protected], Professor Evan Gray, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D8 Advance ECO
  • Empyrean 
james cook univERSITY
Contact: Shane Askew, [email protected], Jen Whan, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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D5000
​S4 Pioneer WD-XRF 108x sample changer
D8 Quest Single Crystal Diffractometer

New South Wales

University of New South Wales
Contact: Dr. Yu Wang, [email protected], Dr. Rouming Tian, [email protected], Dr. Christopher Marjo, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • ​MPD
  • MRD
  • Empyrean
  • Empyrean
  • Empyrean
  • Aries
  • D8 Discover
  • Smartlab
  • AXIOS WD-XRF
  • M4 Tornado micro-XRF mapping
  • Epsilon ED-XRF
  • D8 Kappa Apex (Mo)
  • D8 Quest (Mo)
University of sydney
Contact: Dr. Samuel Duyker, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • ​SmartLab SE
  • X'Pert Powder 
  • X'Pert Pro MPD
  • STOE Stadi P
  • GBA Mini-Materials Analyser
​SAXSpoint 
  • Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy (Cu, Ag)
  • Rigaku SuperNova (Cu, Mo)
  • Rigaku MicroMax007HF
  • Bruker ApexII
university of technology sydney
Contact: Mark Lockrey, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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​D8 Discover
western sydney university
Contact: Dr Richard Wuhrer, [email protected], Dr Daniel Fanna, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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D8 Advance
​Malvern Panalytical Epsilon 1 ED-XRF
​Oxford Gemini
university of wollongong
Contact: Dr. Lloyd White, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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​Equinox 1000
Spectro XEPOS ED-XRF (12x sample changer)
macquarie university
Contact: Russell Field, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • MPD
  • Terra
  • Epsilon 3 XL (10x sample changer)
  • Epsilon 3 & MiniPal 2 Mo 12x sample changer
  • S2 Picofox Mo TXRF
  • Olympus x3 (Rh, Ta, Au)
southern cross university
Contact: Dr Mark Rosicky, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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D4 Endervor
university of newcastle
Contact: Nathan Smith, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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MRD Cu/ MPD Co Mirror+monochromator

Australian Capital Territory

Australian national university
Contact:​ Dr. Vivian Xiao, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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Empyrean Series 3 
​Avaatech Scanning Micro-XRF (Mapping from Mg to U)
  • Agilent Xcalibur
  • Agilent SuperNova
  • MaruX 345DTB

Western Australia

University of western australia
Contact: Andrew Johnson, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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​Empyrean
Gemini Xcalibur S
​curtin univERSITY
Contact: Veronica Avery, [email protected], A/Prof William Rickard, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D8 Advance 
  • D8 Discover
  • Equinox 5000
​NanoStar Metaljet

South Australia

university of adelaide
Contact: Prof Christopher Sumby, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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  • D4 Endervor
  • D8 Advance
  • Xcalibur S Mo
  • Rigaku Hiflux Cu rotating anode
flinders university
Contact: Dr Alexander Sibley, [email protected], Professor Sarah Harmer, [email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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​D8 Advance ECO
University of south Australia
Contact: ​[email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
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MMA X-ray Diffractometer
PANalytical EMPYREAN
​Rigaku Micro XRD D/MAX RAPID II
​Niton XRF

Tasmania

University of tasmania
Contact: ​[email protected]
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • SAXS
  • Single Crystal
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D2 Phaser
​AXIOS WD-XRF