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Introduction

The X-Ray Laboratory onboard the R/V JOIDES Resolution (Foc's'le deck) performs diffraction analyses of minerals and rock powders. The laboratory uses a Bruker AXS D4 Endeavor XRD (a.k.a. Bruker or D4) and a PANalytical Aeris XRD (a.k.a. Aeris) diffractometers (Figure 1).

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Apparatus and Materials

See Bruker D4 XRD User Guide for information on the Bruker D4 Endeavor X-Ray diffractometer and Aeris Advanced User Guide for information on the PANalytical Aeris X-Ray diffractometer.

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As the XRD scanning procedure for these two instruments differ, the user is referred to the following guides for more information regarding how to run samples for XRD analysis.

For the Bruker D4 XRD: Bruker D4 XRD User Guide

For the PANalytical Aeris XRD: Aeris Advanced User Guide

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