A 1800 K furnace designed for in situ synchrotron microtomography

A radiation furnace that covers the temperature range from room temperature up to 1800 K has been designed and constructed for in situ synchrotron microtomography. The furnace operates under a vacuum or under any inert gas atmosphere. The two 1000 W halogen heating lamps are water and air cooled. The sampIes are located at the focus of these lamp reflectors on a rotary feedthrough that is connected to a driving rotation stage below the fumace. The X ray beam penetrates the furnace through two X ray transparent vacuumsealed windows. Further windows can be used for temperature control, sampIe changing and gas inflow and outflo