18 June 2014

Next XRF meeting is on 18^th June 2014 at the University of Leicester.

Information for Delegates. Click here...

Registration is now CLOSED on the hg3 BCA admin site.

Registration closed at 17:00 13th June!!

Fees: £84 or £42 concessions.

A limited number of FREE STUDENT PLACES are available at this meeting.To apply please E-mail the Group Treasurer with your name, E-mail address and Institution for details of how to apply for a FREE place.

NOTE: THE STANDARD REGISTRATION FORM DOES NOT SUPPORT FREE PLACES AND STUDENTS USING IT WILL BE CHARGED CONCESSION FEES.

Programme.

Pads & Pens Sponsored by Datech.

Link to ABSTRACTS... Download the programme and abstract booklet 340 kb PDF

A unique chance to see major manufacturers of handheld and portable equipment (including Bruker, Thermo (Niton) Oxford Instruments, Spectro, Olympus (Delta) and more...) demonstrating their instruments in two workshops.

09:30 Registration, Coffee and Exhibition.

Chair: Ros Schwarz.

10:00 Welcome

10:10 Handheld XRF workshop (Room G86) - Bruker, Oxford Instruments, Spectro, Thermo (Niton) and Olympus (Delta). More Information...

11:15 Exhibition and Coffee

Chair: Dave Taylor.

11:45 An evaluation of FP-XRF to assess metals in boat paint fragments.Kevin Solman, Plymouth University. Abstract...

12:05 Presentation and open discussion of results from DOT-1 sample - distributed at last year's meeting, Ros Schwarz, Consultant. Abstract...

12:35 Introduction of DOT-2, David Beveridge, HARMAN technology Ltd. More Information...

12:45 Prize session: Your chance to spend a few minutes telling us about your most difficult sample. More Information...DEADLINE EXTENDED to 9 am Wednesday 11th June

13:00 Lunch Sponsored by PANalytical.

Chair: Nick Marsh.

14:00 Portable/Benchtop XRF workshop (Room G86). Scimed (Rigaku), PANalytical, Bruker, Spectro and Olympus. Thermo will be exhibiting. More Information...

15:00 Exhibition and Tea Sponsored by Socachim.

Chair: David Beveridge.

15:30 Selection and Application of Internal Standards for Quantitative XRF Analysis. Garry Smith, Scimed XRF, a division of Scientific and Medical Products Ltd. Abstract...

16:00 Calibration strategies for XRF applications using sample preparation by borate fusion - Practical example for chlorine analysis in the cement industry Mathieu Bouchard, Corporation Scientifique Claisse. Abstract...

16:30 XRF on a micro scale. How EDX, coupled with SEM, can provide elemental data to solve product and research problems. Andy Scothern, Saint Gobain. Abstract...

17:00 Close

See the report of our last meeting here....