The 11th Canadian Powder Diffraction Workshop
25 â 29 July 2018, Hamilton, ON
| Wed July 25th | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome & Introductions | James F. Britten |
| 10:15-11:00 | Intro to diffraction, structure factors, reciprocal space; Visualization of reciprocal space with MAX3D software | James F. Britten |
| 11:15-12:00 | Intro to powder diffraction and the Rietveld Method | Robert B. Von Dreele |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | All |
| 13:30-14:15 | Demonstration of GSAS-II software and its functionalities | Robert B. Von Dreele |
| 14:15-15:00 | Demonstration of TOPAS software and its functionalities | Patrick H.J. Mercier |
| 15:00-17:00 | Work on practice data sets and individual research problems:
simple Rietveld examples with GSAS-II and TOPAS |
All |
| Thursday July 26th | ||
| 08:30-09:15 | 2D, 3D techniques for residual stress & texture analysis | James F. Britten
Victoria Jarvis |
| 09:30-10:15 | Analysis of 2D diffraction data with Bruker software suite | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Residual stress & texture analysis with GSAS-II | Robert B. Von Dreele |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | All |
| 13:30-17:00 | Work on practice data sets and individual research problems:
residual stress & texture analysis  with 2D diffraction data |
All |
| Friday July 27th | ||
| 08:30-09:15 | Phase ID and search-match with EVA software | Anita Lam |
| 09:15-10:00 | Sample preparation for powder diffraction | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | All |
| 10:30-11:15 | Structure solutions with powder diffraction using GSAS-II | Robert B. Von Dreele |
| 11:15-12:00 | Structure solutions with powder diffraction using TOPAS | Luzia S. Germann |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | All |
| 13:30-17:00 | Work on practice data sets and individual research problems: structure solution problems with GSAS-II and TOPAS | All |
| Saturday July 28th | ||
| 08:30-09:15 | Micro X-ray Diffraction – Data analysis in two dimensions | Roberta L. Flemming |
| 09:30-10:15 | Examples of synchrotron and neutron powder diffraction | Jacques Huot |
| 11:15-12:00 | Singular-value decomposition quantitative phase analysis of geological materials by combining Rietveld and elemental analyses | Patrick H.J. Mercier |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | All |
| 13:30-17:00 | Work on practice data sets and individual research problems:
analysis multiphase materials, troubleshooting Rietveld refinements |
All |
| Sunday July 29th | ||
| 08:30-11:30 | Participants talks and poster session: this may be extended to the afternoon as well depending on the submissions received from the participants | All |
| 11:30-12:00 | Closing remarks | Patrick H.J. Mercier |