The 5th Reynolds Cup

[Stephen Hillier]

Dear people interested in the Rietveld method,
 
you may be interested in the Reynolds Cup
 
2010 will see the staging of the 5th Reynolds Cup competition in
quantitative mineralogy.  The biennial Reynolds Cup was started in 2000
by Dougal McCarty, Jan Środoń, and Dennis Eberl in honour of Bob
Reynolds and his pioneering work on quantitative clay mineralogy. 
Participation in the Reynolds Cup has increased steadily over the past
10 years with 43 labs taking part in the 2008 cup and it is now
established as the foremost round robin in quantitative mineralogical
analysis.
 
             The primary purpose of the Reynolds Cup is a blind round
robin tool to aid in the improvement of quantitative methods by
participation.  By taking part you can identify the weaknesses in your
methods and then seek to improve them.  The results of the 2010 Reynolds
Cup will be announced at the CMS Tripartite meeting in Seville.  Only
the names of the top three contestants will be published.  The names of
the other participants will remain confidential. The competition is open
to anyone interested in quantitative mineral analysis and any method or
combination of methods is permissible. 
 
Send an e-mail to reynolds...@macaulay.ac.uk to register your interest
in participating in the 2010 Reynolds Cup.  Your e-mail will then be
used to inform you when the samples become available and how to obtain
them. 
 
For more information about the competition go to
http://www.clays.org/SOCIETY%20AWARDS/RCintro.html
 
steve hillier

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