24 April 2013

The report of our April 24 meeting with links to the presentations is available here...

There will be NO BCA Spring Meeting in 2013 because the ECM meeting is being held in the UK on the 25-29 August 2013 at Warwick. Consequently, we are reverting to a one day XRF meeting in 2013.

24 April 2013 University of Leicester

Registration is now CLOSED.

Information for Delegates. Click here...

Meeting Programme. print friendly PDF programme book.

Pens supplied by Specac. Delegate Pads supplied by Analysco / Fluxana

Morning: Sample Preparation Workshop.

09:30 Registration, Coffee and Exhibition.

10:00 Introduction - Ros Schwarz.

10:05 Lab session: Grinding, Pressing and Fusion - Rainer Schramm, Fluxana ...More information

11:00 Exhibition & Coffee - Sponsored by Spex Certiprep.

11:30 Lab session: Grinding, Pressing and Fusion - Frederic Davidts, Socachim. ....More information

12:25 Comparative Study between the ISO 9516-1 Standard Method for Analysis of Iron Ore and a Global Methodology Using Calibration Based on Certified Reference Materials, Anne-Catherine Breton, Claisse ABSTRACT...

12:45 Participant sample introduced by Ros Schwarz. More information....

13:00 Lunch and Exhibition

Afternoon Presentations.

14:00 Specimen support films - Has Anything Changed Since 1995? - Steve Davies, PANalytical ABSTRACT...

14:30 Standardless Analysis with XRF: Where do the numbers come from and can I trust them? - Colin Slater, Bruker ABSTRACT...

15:00 Tea & Exhibition. Sponsored by Socachim.

15:30 Results from Small Samples - Nick Marsh University of Leicester. ABSTRACT....

16:00 Liquid and waste testing - Garry Smith, Scimed ABSTRACT....

16:30 Field Portable Sample Preparation Tools for Mineral Analysis in Remote Locations - Chris Calam, Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments ABSTRACT...

17:00 Close.

Programme coordinator - Ros Schwarz (see Contacts page)