Welcome to the sixth issue of the British Crystallographic Association (BCA) Industrial Group dedicated XRF Newsletter. There is a copy of this Newsletter on the web.
Our next meeting is on the 14th May at the British Geological Survey, Nottingham and is again a joint meeting with the RSC Atomic Spectroscopy Group. It runs back to back with an XRD and Minerals meeting on the 15th May at the same venue. View: XRD minerals programme here.

Final call for papers 14^th May 2008 XRF meeting.
The programme for the joint meeting with the Atomic Spectroscopy Group, Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry on 14th May 2008 is taking shape. Speakers so far include: Nick Marsh, John Mansell, Alison Burke, John Boyle and Anita Radovnikovic. We still have room for a few more talks so use the contact us link below to offer a contribution.
View the Meeting programme.
MEETING SPONSORS are sought, details from the programme link above.

A tribute to Les Giles
We are saddened to report the passing of Les on the 11th December 2007.
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Supplier Directory
We have added a section on Fusion Machines to our supplier directory page on the web. If we've missed any supplier you know then please submit details using the contact us link below.
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Paper Newsletter XRF page
Twice a year the Industrial Group send out a paper Newsletter and we now include an XRF page. View the January 2008 XRF content in PDF format here. or the full Newsletter here.

Articles wanted
What would you like to see future XRF pages used for? Why not write an article for the XRF web pages or Newsletter? Contact Dave Taylor with your ideas.
...Contact details

Forthcoming Events
14th May 2008 - One day joint BCA/RSC XRF meeting at BGS, Keyworth. More...
Note the date in your diary now! See our calendar of events.

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What's New on Our Web site
We now have an XRF jobs page on the web site for you to browse. What would you like to see on our web pages? - Please help us to expand the content.

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Send a contribution by E-mail for our web pages, offer an article for our Newsletter or a presentation at a future meeting

Links Page
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Hint
Type BCA IG (with a space) into Google to find us!