2nd announcement: Alberta Powder Diffraction Workshop, 14th May to 16th May 2008, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Lachlan Cranswick
Alberta Powder Diffraction Workshop
on Powder Diffraction, Rietveld and Clay Analysis
Central Academic Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Organisers: Dr Dipo Omotoso (Natural Resources Canada)
Professor Doug Ivey (University of Alberta)
Speakers:
Dr Robert Von Dreele (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Dr Reinhard Kleeberg (Technische Universitat Bergakademie Freiberg,
Germany)
Dr Ian Swainson (National Research Council of Canada, Chalk
River)
Lachlan Cranswick (National Research Council of Canada, Chalk
River)
The first two days have the main theme of the fundamentals of using
powder diffraction, and assisting participants in using the Rietveld
method. Lectures on a variety of topics are planned for the morning,
with the afternoon practical sessions concentrating on using GSAS for
performing Rietveld analysis for structure refinement and quantitative
phase analysis.
The third day is on quantitative clay analysis using the Rietveld
method
via the BGMN software program.
Registration Costs :
Students: Cdn $200 (includes all taxes)
Other: Cdn $400 (includes all taxes)
This cost includes hard-copies of notes, GSAS manual, workshop
tutorial
manual.
University dorm style accommodation is available starting at Cdn $49
per
night and university Conference Centre Guest Rooms starting at Cdn $95
per night are available.
http://www.cins.ca/apdw/accomm.html
Closing Date for Registration is Friday, April 18th 2008. Payment by
cheque or by credit card information.
http://www.cins.ca/apdw/registration.html
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Travel information web-links:
http://www.cins.ca/apdw/travel.html
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Talks include :
Introduction to Powder Diffraction and Powder Diffraction Hardware
Introduction to the basics of crystallography
Sample preparation, data collection considerations and phase
identification using powder X-ray diffraction
Introduction to Powder Profile Refinement
Profile Refinement with GSAS
Synchrotron and Neutron Experiments
Freely available powder diffraction Software
Clay mineral quantification using the Rietveld method
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If there are students and/or XRD users in your institute who might
benefit from attending such a workshop, it would be appreciate it this
were brought to their attention. There is a PDF poster for the
workshop
at:
http://www.cins.ca/apdw/files/alberta_workshop_poster.pdf
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Lachlan M. D. Cranswick
Contact outside working hours /
Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail:
NEW E-mail / courriel: lc *at* bluehaze.com.au
Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 ; Cell/mobile: (613) 401-6254
WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/
P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0