1. Basic Introduction for New Group Members
   
   
2. Lab Assignments
   
   
3. All Group members are required to use TSM to back-up their computer.


4. Laboratory Info
• Chemical inventory
• Lab supplies
• List of Vendors for Standard Items
• Chemical suppliers
• Hylozoic EDM parts catalog
• Sample loading
  
  • Diamond Cell Training Benchmarks
  • Gas loading tips
    
  • Be gasket use guide
    
  • Boron-epoxy gasket tips
    
• Equipment Instructions
  
  • Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) system
  • Vacuum Dessicator
  • Regeneration of dessicant
  • Tips for Using Ultrasonic Cleaner
  • Furnace
  • Mettler balance
  • Sartorius Balance
  • Glove bags
  • Liquid nitrogen dewar
    • XL-160
    • More on XL-160
    • Even more on XL-160
• Brillouin System
• Alignment Procedure
• Ghost Users Manual
• Cleaning Optical Components
  
  
5. Synchrotron Info
• Beamtime checklist
• GSECARS
• Laser Heating System Description
• GSECARS Diamond Anvil Cell Manual
• Tom's abbreviated GSECARS Manual
• GSECARS Gas Loading System Manual
• GSE Shell Manual


6. Data Analysis Info
   • Fit2D Documents
   • Paper describing Fit2D
   • Fit2D manual from ESRF
   • Fit2D tutorial (from Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
   • Igor programming
   • Introduction
   • Tutorial
   • Igor procedures for working with B-M and Vinet EOS
   • DataThief Manual
   • Rietveld Refinement
   • Refinement procedure
   • Diamond absorption correction
   • Igor procedure for cBN absorption correction
   • MAUD analysis
   • MAUD instructions (from Lowell Miyagi's dissertation)
   • Links for MAUD (from Lowell Miyagi)
   • Guide to synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy analysis by Lili Gao
   
   
7. Essential reading for high-pressure scientists
   • Equations of state
   • Ruby fluorescence
   • Hydrostatic limits of Pressure media (Raman study)
   • Hydrostatic limits of Pressure media (X-Ray Diffraction Study)
   
   
8. Writing and Publishing
   • Writing guide
   • Why you should review papers
   
   
9. Forms
   • Blank synchrotron report form
   • Blank anvil info sheet
     
     
10. Duffy Lab Rules for Success (June 09 draft)

Duffy Group
High-Pressure Mineral Physics and Materials Science Laboratory
Department of Geosciences
Princeton University