Patent ID: 9500603
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G01N,G21K

Claim Text:
1. A microcrystal structure analysis apparatus comprising: a magnetic field generation unit; a sample drive unit configured to rotate a sample having microcrystals suspended therein relative to the magnetic field generation unit such that a temporally varying magnetic field is applied to the sample to three-dimensionally orient the microcrystals; an X-ray source configured to apply X rays to the sample that is being rotated by the sample drive unit; an X-ray detection unit capable of detecting the X rays that have passed through and have been diffracted by the sample; and a state switching device configured to switch between a state where detection of the X rays by the X-ray detection unit is disenabled and a state where detection of the X rays by the X-ray detection unit is enabled, in accordance with a rotational position of a specific part which is a part of the sample in a rotation direction thereof.