Hi All, What's the big deal about making these plates? Why don't we of the community make our own? In particular, I have found that when using one of the "new" wide detectors, you really have to worry about the angle of the cut off any crystallographic axes, and some of the standard plates give HUGE backgrounds when used with wide or area detectors. - Kurt
________________________________ From: Mercier, Patrick [mailto:patrick.merc...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca] Sent: Mon 11/16/2009 12:28 PM To: bill.l.re...@exxonmobil.com; rietveld_l@ill.fr Subject: RE: zero-background quartz plates Hello, Check out the MTI Corporation website at the following URL: http://www.mtixtl.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1431 They make both silicon and quartz zero-background holders. Regards, -Patrick ___________________________________________________________________ |Patrick H.J. Mercier, Ph.D., P.Phys., Eng. Jr |Competency Leader, Ceramic Materials | Chef de compétence, Matériaux céramiques |Research Officer | Agent de recherches |Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology |Institut de technologie des procédés chimiques et de l'environnement |National Research Council of Canada | Conseil national de recherches du Canada |1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6 |Tel: 613-993-7752 Fax: 613-991-2384 patrick.merc...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
