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9:30 - 10:00 am
Inaugural Function
Professor Chandrabhas Narayana
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10:00 - 10:30 am
Powder X-ray Diffraction Method and Applications
Professor Tayur N.Guru Row
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10:30 - 11:00 am
Tea Break
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11:00 - 12:30 pm
Diffraction Geometry, Systematic Angular errors and calibration procedures, sample preparation
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
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12:30 - 1:00 pm
Setting up PDF-5+ and JADEPro access
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1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
Hands-on sessions
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
Introduction to Search/Match Procedure with PDF-5+/Sieve+, PDF-5+ Database and features overview, Data mining
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3:30 - 4:00 pm
Tea Break
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4:00 - 5:30 pm
Phase identification methods
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
Qualitative and semi-quantitative (RIR) phase analysis, Advanced phase identification (with amorphous components, Trace phases), Additional problem solving, Q&A
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9:30 - 10:00 am
Data collection strategies for materials characterization (AMU)
Professor Arun M.Umarji
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10:00 - 10:11 am
Introduction to PXRD indexing
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
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11:00 - 11:30 am
Tea Break
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11:30 - 1:00 pm
Introduction to profile functions, fitting, and Quantitative Phase Analysis (QPA) using Rietveld method
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
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1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
JADEPro hands-on sessions
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
JADEPro features overview, Angular Calibration (Instrument Profile Curve, IPC) Pattern Indexing using JADE
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3:30 - 4:00 pm
Tea Break
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
JADEPro hands-on sessions
Dr. Soorya N.Kabekkodu
Whole Pattern Fitting (WPF) and Rietveld refinement, Phase identification and Quantitative Phase Analysis (Rietveld), Crystallinity measurement, Crystallite Size and Micro-Strain Analysis
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5:00 - 5:30 pm
Q&A, concluding remarks and feedback from participants
