XRF Programme Details

Tuesday 17th April 2007

Tutorial / Workshop Session "XRF: where are we now?"
Mark Ingham is organiser and chair.
10:00 XRF: What instruments have we got, or are likely to get soon? 1 hour + 15 minutes for questions.
Bruno Vrebos, PANalytical.
11:15 Coffee
11:45 XRF: What can we do with them? 1 hour + 15 minutes for questions.
Margaret West, West X-ray Solutions.
Mike Dobby, Bruker AXS.

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Semi-quantitative
Ros Schwarz is organiser and chair.

14:00 What on earth is this?
Heather Harrison, British Geological Survey, Keyworth.
14:30 When to use XRF-Semi-quantitative analysis. Case Studies.
Belen Morales (Paul Hurditch), London and Scandinavian Ltd

15:00 Tea

15:30 Calibration Samples
Ros Schwarz is organiser and chair.

15:30 No standards? No blanks? No standardless software? No problem!
David Beveridge, HARMAN Technology Ltd. (ILFORD Photo)
15:55 Normative Committees.
Phil Russell, PANalytical.
16:20 Wide Range Oxide fused bead standards,
Neil Eatherington, British Geological Survey, Keyworth.

17:00 -18:30 XRF Exhibitors' Forum.
Dave Taylor is organiser and chair.
Exhibitors will be allowed to give commercial talks aimed at encouraging delegates to visit their exhibition stand for further information. Exhibitors will be required to register in advance to give a presentation and the available time of 90 minutes will be divided equally to fit in all the talks.

Evening: Posters and Exhibition with buffet and wine.

Wednesday 18th April 2007

10:15 - 12:00 XRF / XRD Joint session on thin films.
Dave Taylor & Chris Staddon are the organisers.
10:15 Thin Films and Coatings by XRF and XRD: an Overview.
Tom Ryan, Nanometrics, Oregon, USA.
11:00 Advanced solid-state X-ray detector for the analysis of thin layered structures.
Joachim Woitok, PANalytical.
11:20 Up-To-Date XRD-Techniques for investigating ultra-thin films and ultra-small features.
Hugues Guerault, BrukerAXS.
11:40 X-ray probes of the layer and interface structure of nano-scale films for opto-electronics and spintronics,
Brian Tanner, Bede.

XRF Applications - including Cultural Heritage.
David Beveridge is organiser and chair.
13:30 X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis on paper characterization,
Luisa Carvalho, University of Lisbon.
14:00 Analysis of archaeological artefacts by handheld XRF,
Clair Collins, Oxford Instruments.
14:30 Analysis of Geological Samples using a Polarised-Beam Benchtop XRF Spectrometer,
Malcolm Haigh, Spectro.
15:30 Mobile XRF and MCERTS analysis of soils.
Charles Gowing, British Geological Survey, Keyworth.
16:00 Volatiles management in XRF analysis.
Jean-Philippe Gagnon, Corporation Scientifique Claisse Inc.350, Canada.
16:20 Conservation and Restoration - XRF brings the past into our future.
M West, West X-ray Solutions & D Jefferson, Jefferson Consulting.
16:40 XRS in Preventive Conservation
Rene Van Grieken (Antwerp)

Evening:19:30 Conference Dinner.

Thursday 19th April 2007

Morning
10:00 XRF Foundation Lecture "Environmental Issues"
Prof. Rene Van Grieken. Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp.
Margaret West is organiser and chair.

11:00 Climate records - lurking in the small print? What's at the bottom of your lake?
Nick Marsh, University of Leicester, Geology
11:25 Development and validation results of a new European Standard prEN 15309 for the determination of the elemental composition of waste and soil by XRF.
Chris Vanhoof, VITO, Belgium.
11:50 Screening of electronic products with a "small-spot" hand-held XRF analyser for compliance with RoHS Directive.
Stan Piorek, Niton
12:10 Micro-spot XRF in RoHS compliance testing : performance and pitfalls.
Ros Schwarz, Oxford Instruments