XRD Instructions Version 1.

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Loading a sample
If the green light on the tube is on, the shutter is shut
and no X-rays are being emitted (the desired case for
sample insertion).
Press the green open door button on one of the two
side panels to unlock the glass doors.

The powder needs to be packed into the plastic holder tightly so that the powder
is level with the plastic holder.

After putting your sample in the appropriate holder, fit the holder into the
machines sample mount by inserting from below until a magnetic attraction locks
the sample holder in.
Open or switch to the program XRD Commander. You will be using this program
to set up and monitor your data collection.

In the XRD Commander software, enter the following values (highlighted) for the
tube, detector, and stage and make sure the appropriate boxes are checked:

Click the Move Drives Icon:

Make sure both beam red lights meets in your sample at one point

If they do not meet, you can adjust the z value.

Close doors and make sure the black handles click into the closed position.
Do not leave the doors open for more than about five minutes!!
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Scanning

At the bottom of the commander

screen, enter in starting and
stopping 2 theta values. If you
do not know what to enter, then
use 10 and 90 as default start
and stop values, respectively.
The lowest possible start
value is 10 and the greatest
possible stop value is138
Between those two, set increment (step) by which machine collects data by the
degree (If you dont know what to enter, then use 0.02 as a default value)
You can alter the scanspeed as well. Values of 5 and below typically yield good
results. Do not be afraid
to experiment.
Hit Start.

Once you scan is

complete, there is a
sample ID on the top of
the page, make sure to
use a tag for your
sample
Save your pattern, if
desired, using Save as
in the standard Windows
menu at upper left of
computer screen.
Save to an appropriate location within the folders for class work, students,
faculty, et al. Commander will customarily save in a .raw format.

Using EVA
Open the Eva program.

Go to File, choose all your

file using raw extension,
and open.
If the background is large a
background correction
might be necessary. In the
toolbox click on
Background, then replace.

Use F3 for use Search/Match window

and select the elements that maybe
present in your sample (highlight
green). You may also unselect
elements that are for sure not present
(highlight red). Start the search.

The program will usually find a whole

range of possible hits, but upon
visual inspections only very few are
really possible hits.
After assigning the peaks to one or
more compounds from the database
(which is of course only possible for
known compounds listed in the
database) you should save your data.
Raw file exchanger

For your report export the file as a uxd file in this way you will be able to use your
data using excel or other simulation softwares

Open raw file exchanger

Select input file raw and in the empty box look for your data file
In the bottom box output file choose uxd extension, in the empty box choose
the folder where you wish to save your file.
Click convert
A notepad sheet will be appear on your screen.
When you are done.
Make sure to clean sample
holders and other powders
lefts around the lab