Synchrotron XRD on Demand
1/21/202648 min
Having access to advanced characterization tools sounds great but sadly they aren't easily attainable. Momentum Transfer seeks to remedy this by offering mail-in access to synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and scattering measurements. Taylor sits down with Dr. Maxwell Terban co-founder of Momentum Transfer to go over the technology and his history with it. They also discuss some interesting uses of the technology including the characterization of Neanderthal campfire ash.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:02
I would like to describe a field in which little has been done, but in which an enormous amount can be done. This field is not quite the same as the others in that it will tell us little of fundamental physics, but it will tell us much about the strange phenomena that occur just below our perception. In contrast to the natural philosophers of the past, the scientists of this field delve into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding places. Their quest is to understand and create the imperceptible. After all, there is plenty of room at the bottom.
Taylor Sparks· Host0:32
Hello, and welcome to the Materialism Podcast, an exploration of the past, present, and future of material science. My name is Taylor Sparks. I am your host today. I am a professor of material science and engineering at the University of Utah right here in Salt Lake City. And today, I am not joined by Andrew Falkowski. He is otherwise occupied. Today, I am joined by Maxwell Turbin of Momentum Transfer. I'm gonna tell you all about him in just a minute. But first, let me set the stage. You know on your phone how it'll sometimes pop up with a little reminder from years gone by? Well, it did that recently. It's November as we're recording this, and 14 years ago in November, I spent the entire month of November in Grenoble, France. I was actually doing some beamline experiments. Now, I don't know how many of our listeners have done these types of things. Um, Grenoble is home to the ESRF, right, the European, what, Synchrotron Research Facility or whatever that stands for, as well as the ILL, the Institut Laue-Langevin, where you can do neutron diffraction.