Actually any Extra-hold or Maximum-hold hair spray works fine. I use it not necessarily on the backload sample but on any spinning sample even so the sample is horizontal. It's a bit tricky to put but it you keep at least 25-20 cm distance and do it slowly it works fine. Peter
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try hair spray "Clynol". You may get it in good hair cutter shops. Viele Gr��e Wolfgang B�ttner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Dr. Wolfgang B�ttner Bruker AXS GmbH Vertrieb/Sales Postfach/P.O.Box: 700117 D-51447 Bergisch Gladbach Tel/Fax: +49 (0) 2202 33259 Mobile: +49 (0) 172 6870861 e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] INTERNET: http://www.bruker-axs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Leineweber Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 3:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear all, when powder samples are measured in reflection on back-loaded samples on a theta-2theta diffractometer, there is always the danger that upon sample spinning the powder can fall out of its cavity. As a solution I tried a thin mylar foil, which, however, gives nasty background. Another procedure may be a little bit of glue (e.g. dissolved in a solvent to dillute it). Has somebody some practical good experiences with certain types of glues (influence on background, how much glue, which solvent) or does somebody know some further tricks. Thank you for your help Andreas PS. I am working with the Philips/Panalytical sample preparation equipment. -- Dr. Andreas Leineweber Max-Planck-Institut fuer Metallforschung Heisenbergstrasse 3 70569 Stuttgart Germany Telephone: +49 (0)711 689 3365 Telefax: +49 (0)711 689 3312 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mf.mpg.de/de/abteilungen/mittemeijer/english/index_english.htm
