Instruments X-ray

Deisenhofer was independent, too. This project was not simple crystallography, not at all. It was a most complex structure determination. Even the methods of measuring the intensities were not automated at the time. We had developed instruments. X-ray cameras and methods for that purpose also. We had a small workshop at that time, with a mechanic and an electronics person. One day the mechanic had a stroke. A week later the electronics person had a heart attack. They were very important in servicing the instruments. I was the only one in my department able to service the instruments. It was at a critical time for the photosynthetic reaction center work, around 1983, and I spent much time each day taking care of the instruments. It is a side issue, not even a scientific one, but it shows you that things may look different from the perspective of today s possibilities than they actually were. The work at that time required a background also concerning the availability of the samples for isomorphous replacement and methods to apply them. I have made many of these samples and I built up an enormous collection. 

Source documents are composed of hospital records, office charts, laboratory data sheets, subject diaries, pharmacy dispensing records, recorded data from automated instruments, x-rays, etc. Source documents should be legible and should document that the subject is participating in a clinical trial. Some of the key areas to cross reference source documents to case report forms and regulatory criteria are the informed consent process, inclusion/exclusion criteria, adverse experiences, investigational product administration, concomitant medications administered to the subject during the trial, withdrawal from the study for any reason, and subjects lost to follow-up. 

Instrumentation. X-ray absorption spectroscopy is done mostly with synchrotron radiation (see Chap. 4) for an introductory overview, see [570, 571]. The linearly... 

The basis of any XRF technique is the photoelectric fluorescence of characteristie secondary x-rays from a sample. These are stimulated by irradiation with suitable primary photons. In isotope souree systems, primary photons are provided by radioisotopes that emit photons in the x-ray energy band. In tube source instruments, x-rays are generated by accelerating electrons onto a suitable target in the tube. In both cases, energies of the secondary x-rays... 

It is quite possible that, sometime in your laboratory operations, you will have a need to use or come in close proximity to radioactive materials. These may be radioactive sources that are contained in closed systems, such as analytical instrumentation (X-ray diffraction, analytical detectors, etc.), or that are not contained but rather are open sources of radioactive materials, such as C-labeled compounds or H-labeled compounds. 

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Analysis and Instrumental. X-ray powder diffraction patterns were obtained using a Seifert Scintag Automated Powder Diffraction Unit (PAD-II) with a Ni... 

Physico-chemical characterizations were performed on the finished ceria-doped silicas. Surface area measurements (BET) and mesopore size distribution (BJH) were carried out by means of Sorptomatic 1900 (Carlo Erba) instrument. X-ray diffraction patterns were recorded with a D 5005 X-Ray Diffractometer (SIEMENS) using Cu Ka radiation coupled with a graphite monochromator. The crystallite sizes of ceria phase were calculated from the line broadening of the most intense reflection using the Scherrer equation [13]. 

In general, however, one would recommend that differential thermal analysis be used along with other more determinative methods such as X-ray diffraction. It can then give valuable information, which cannot be obtained by any other technique. Indeed, for a complete mineralogical analysis of a soil clay, it would be unrealistic to rely on any one determinative method, as none can give complete information. Instrumental (X-ray diffraction, thermal methods, infrared absorption spectroscopy, and electron microscopy and diffraction) and chemical (selective dissolution, cation exchange, and total analysis) methods all contribute some information, and only by application of all available can an accurate assessment be made. 

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