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Reduced capacity

NEW! Unfortunately the sample changer robot of DaVinci1 is still broken, and I don't know yet when we can get it fixed.

D8 Focus can be booked as normal, and DaVinci1 works - but only with manual loading, so you need to ask Kristin or Silje before the first time you need to use it.

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title	Normal User support

Routine diffractometer (DaVinci1) will normally be loaded and measurements started every weekday at approximately 9:00 and at 15:00 (if practically possible).
Support will be offered on-demand. Please contact lab responsible by email or come to the office (K2-102). For small and quick questions you could also stop me in the lab and I will help if I have time
Kristin (lab engineer, contact info) is currently working 60%.
Normal support time will be 11:00-11:30.
Week 19: No support on Friday 10th April, Silje and Kristin are away.
Lab events / shut-downs / instrument statuses etc. will be scheduled XRD-lab-calendar.posted in the Booking system

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title	XRD training and courses

The instrument training courses

will be listed on Læringsportalen (where you can register yourself for the a training held at a time that suits you - when your sample is ready or nearly ready).

. This training is required for new users of the lab/instruments, and they are arranged every second week (every week or more often at semester start in the fall), normally Mondays at 14:00-15:15. It is recommended to wait until your samples are ready or nearly ready. Please fill in this form: https://forms.office.com/r/hXn2FJ1Aaw, and then I can adapt the training better for your requirements.
If you are external to NTNU, and the link above doesn't work,

just

simply send

me

an email: Contact info
TOPAS workshop - Beginners level (voluntary). 3 x 2 hours (3 consecutive weeks). This autumn will run three consecutive Fridays from 12:00-14:00 starting on the 11th October 2024. Please hold off the days in your calendar if you are interested and sign up for the course as a training session in Booktilab. You can follow the instructions for registering for a “New User training – XRD”, only choose TOPAS sessions instead. The instructions can be found here: https://www.ntnu.no/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=217809654
Advanced workshop for TOPAS . This year, we are organizing an advanced workshop for TOPAS, which will take place on 5th October 2024 from 10:00 to 15:00. The workshop is suitable for PhD students and PostDocs with some previous experience using TOPAS. The goal is to help students to process and analyze large synchrotron XRD datasets. More information here Advanced workshop for TOPAS users – 4th October 2024 and link for registration https://forms.office.com/e/9q1mvrGbur?origin=lprLink.

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title	The year in the XRD-lab

Autumn:

September - November: Many new users are coming during this period and we arrange instrument trainings for new users almost every week, or even more often if necessary.

September - October: Online application open for HERCULES course. This is a course for synchrotron radiation.https://hercules-school.eu/organisation-school

Mid-October - November: EVA and TOPAS Workshops will be arranged. The TOPAS Workshop assumes some basic knowledge of diffraction, for example TMT4130/TMT4166 or the FACET crash course.

Winter:

December - January: Reduced service levels in the XRD-lab over the Christmas holiday period, thereafter possibly reduced service due to maintenance and upkeep.

Spring:

February-May: XRD-lab running as normal, instrument trainings are arranged approximately every fortnight

Late May - Early June: Instrument service period if necessary

Late May - Early JuneMarch : Topas Workshop will be arranged if sufficient demand, fill in this form if you are interested (or send me an email if you can't get access), ask for more information.

Summer:

Mid June - mid-August: reduced service levels in the XRD-lab. This is because of holiday / needed time for maintenance and upkeep. That means that only people that are already trained and have access can use the lab (i.e. no new trainings).

Instruments in the K2-XRD-lab:

Name of equipment	Link to more information
Routine Powder Diffractometer (DaVinci1)	DaVinci1
Powder diffractometer (D8 Focus)	D8 Focus
Thin-film diffractometer (D8 Discover)	D8 Discover
Multipurpose Powder X-ray diffractometer (DaVinci2)	DaVinci2
High temperature/exposure gas X-ray diffractometer (D8 Advance)	D8 Advance

Prices for using the XRD-lab, valid for

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2024

		Regular Projects (bidragspriser)	Commissioned ProjectsProjects + External users (oppdragspriser) - please ask for a quote
Per hour	Price for using the diffractometers	234295	534
Per day	Price for using the diffractometers	2104		Per hour	Technical Support	533641	962
Per day	Price for using the Non-ambient system	21042800	5120
One-time Fee	Start-up training (in groups)	355

Instruments in the K2-XRD-lab:

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Training procedures

For the start-up training, you will be put in small groups of around 2-3 -5 participantsparticipants (signing up ca. 4 days in advance) and you will be sent a document with videos to watch before coming to the training. In quiet times of the year (December to August), this means that you might have to wait up to a few weeks for the group to fill up. In the period September-November, there will normally be at least one training per week. We recommend that you have your samples ready - or nearly ready - at the time of the the training. Then it is easier for us to tailor the training for your specific type of samples, in addition to you being better able to remember the training until you next need to use the instrument on your own. At the start-up training, you will be trained on either either DaVinci1 or D8-Focus (please let lab responsible know if you have any preferences on which one), and then you will be qualified to use that specific instrument. When you find out you need the XRD-training, please email lab responsible for being put on a waiting list for the relevant training.

If you have to cancel your training, then please notify the lab responsible at least one day in advance - otherwise your project will be charged for your training anyway.

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Some of you might need to use other instruments than the one you had the start-up training on, and then you need to agree a time with lab responsible for specific instrument training. If you cannot wait for a few more participants and therefore are alone at the training, then you will need to pay the full price for technical support (see table above).

Booking and logging the use of the diffractometers

We are using the Booked Scheduler system Bookitlab for booking calendars and logging the measurement times: see information here: Booking/logging XRD-use.