Trois-Rivieres, Quebec Workshop on Powder Diffraction and Rietveld Analysis Pavillon Ringuet, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada (~90 minute drive from Montreal and Quebec City) Thursday 12th May to Friday 13th May 2005
WWW: http://www.cins.ca/cpdw/quebec/ Organisers: Professor Jacques Huot (University of Quebec) Professor Pierre Benard (University of Quebec) Speakers: Dr Ian Swainson (National Research Council of Canada, Chalk River) Lachlan Cranswick (National Research Council of Canada, Chalk River) This two day workshop has 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 agenda, tutorials and notes of the Canadian Powder Diffraction Workshop (CPWD) held in 2004 (http://www.cins.ca/cpdw/). Registration Costs : Students: Cdn $115 (US~$95) (includes all taxes) Other: Cdn $230 (US~$190) (includes all taxes) This cost includes hard copies of notes, GSAS manual, workshop tutorial manual, lunch provided on both days and a workshop dinner (a traditional Québec "Maple Bus" / "Sugaring Off" - sit-down evening meal followed by eating maple syrup in the snow (taffy) University style accommodation is available at Cdn $46 (US~$38) (includes all taxes), and this accommodation option can be specified in the registration form. Closing Date for Registration is Friday 29th April 2005. Payment by cheque or faxing credit card information. http://www.cins.ca/cpdw/quebec/registration.html ---------- Travel information web-links: http://www.cins.ca/cpdw/quebec/travel.html ---------- Talks include (including notes (with permission) written by Bob von Dreele and Angus Wilkinson) : Sample preparation, data collection considerations and phase identification using powder X-ray diffraction Introduction to Powder Profile Refinement Profile Refinement with GSAS Synchrotron Experiments Why and when to use neutron powder diffraction Using bond "restraints" and compositional/charge balance "restraints" in GSAS ---------- 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/cpdw/quebec/files/quebec_workshop_poster.pdf ---------- -- ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Contact outside working hours / Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail: E-mail / courriel: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 Mobile/Cell: 613 401 3433 WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/ P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0 (please use clear titles in any Email - otherwise messages might accidentally get put in the SPAM list due to large amount of junk Email being received. If you don't get an expected reply to any messages, please try again.) (Essayez d'utiliser des titres explicites - sans quoi vos messages pourraient aboutir dans un dossier de rebuts, du fait de la quantite tres importante de pourriels recue. Si vous n'obtenez pas la reponse attendue, merci de bien vouloir renvoyer un message.)