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Month: February 2015

The upstream crystal rotation stage mounted on rail segments and a vertical jack. White parts are printed in ABS.

February roundup: BH rebuild progress, paper news.

2015-02-24 Brian Pauw 0

The end of February is nigh (shockingly fast…), and so it is time for another round-up. This month, the following things piqued my interest:

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A field of random size scatterers.

Why we never may be able to get a calibration curve: a matter of coherence

2015-02-17 Brian Pauw 9

For years, we have been trying to compare scattering patterns from different instruments. While this leads to reasonable results, there are precious few cases of […]

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Spectrum of the X-rays emitted by an X-ray tube with a rhodium target, operated at 60 kV. The smooth, continuous curve is due to bremsstrahlung, and the spikes are characteristic K lines for rhodium atoms. High energy on the left (short wavelength), low energy on the right). Image CC0 licensed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TubeSpectrum.jpg

Radiation safety for lab X-ray sources

2015-02-10 Brian Pauw 1

Over the years, I have followed several radiation safety courses in a variety of countries. Last week, it was NIMS’ turn to train me. As […]

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Logo of the McSAS program version 1.0

January roundup: Sour scientists, McSAS logo, CanSAS meeting

2015-02-03 Brian Pauw 1

A few short stories for today, none of them really long enough to fill a blog post with, and therefore better combined for your enjoyment.

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