My personal recommendations from instrument purchasing are:
1. Ask them for a full list of accessories available and a price list. Often you just don’t realise what useful accessories they sometimes have available. 2. Software licences: Buying a new instrument is a good time to get them bundled cheap. Offline networked licenses for users are invaluable in my opinion 3. Sample holders, prep stations, peripherals: As for software, they cost a lot less when bought with an instrument 4. Consumables: Find out what is actually consumable, and what it costs to replace. Maybe have a spare tube etc. in the purchase if relevant 5. User training: Again, see what you can get bundled in the purchase. As mentioned by others, get samples measured. Try to send samples relevant to what you do, but I would personally also throw in some cobalt or iron containing samples to check out how good their fluorescence suppression is. -jools From: rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr <rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr> On Behalf Of Shay Tirosh Sent: onsdag 14. juni 2023 08:50 To: rietveld_l@ill.fr Subject: recommended questions to XRD supplier. Dear Rietvelds, We are currently exploring the possibility of acquiring a new benchtop XRD instrument, specifically the Benchtop XRD from Malvern-Pananalytical. We have scheduled a Zoom meeting with the supplier to discuss this further. Before the meeting takes place, I would like to prepare by gathering relevant information. Could you please provide some recommended questions that we can ask the supplier? We aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the instrument and compare its performance to other options available. Feel free to suggest and comment. Thank you for your assistance. Best regards, Shay -- Dr. Shay Tirosh Materials Scientist. With focusing on Photovoltaics, Electrochemistry, Thin film coatings, and nanotechnology. Mobile: +972-(0)54-8834533 Email: stiro...@gmail.com<mailto:stiro...@gmail.com>
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