...
After you have participated in the instrument training session, you get an email with some information and passwords etc (Subject: Getting started with XRD analysis). You can also follow the descriptions here.
How do I use the database?
There are currently 2 options:
1) PDF (Powder Diffraction File): On the lab PCs we have licenses for the ICDD-4+PDF-database. A quick demo of this database can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheICDD.
2) COD (Crystallography Open Database): http://www.crystallography.net/cod/. This database can be installed on your own computer, and you can implement it in EVA for Search/Match. "Tools" → "Settings" → "Database", and select "Crystallography Open Database".
You can use the databases directly (e.g. before measuring) to seach for patterns, however, they are also implemented in the DIFFRAC.EVA-software. First you have to download the "cod-for-diffraceva_vxx.exe" (see the "Getting started with XRD analysis-email descriped above for details), and install the .exe-file on your computer. Then open EVA, and click "Tool" → "Search / Match". For more details, please see the "EVA-How to" booklet in the lab.
Routine powder diffractometer (DaVinci1)
...