Cement

• General XRD phase/composition identification analysis
• Quantitative Analysis of Anhydrite

Chemicals

• Quantification of Zeolite phases
• Zeolite: Impurities and Phase Identification

Cosmetics

• Talc? I don't think so…Whole Pattern Fitting  
• Phase Identification of common minerals in natural facial cosmetics

Education

Bringing XRD experiments into the teaching laboratory

Environmental

Respirable silica (alpha quartz) measurements

Food science

Chocolate: Phase ID

What's in your pastry?

Chocolate or cocoa? X-ray diffraction: General comparisons

Forensics

Duct tape specimens

Forensic analysis by X-ray diffraction

Phase identification of a forensic sample

Identification of an unknown sludge

Geology / mineralogy

• Fast phase analysis of mineral powders
• What do greenhouse gases, pearls, antacids, lasers, cement and sea shells have in common?
• Shale vs. slate XRD identification--know your slate or pay dearly
• Identifying very small amounts of (geo)material
• Non-destructive fossil identification of ammonites
• Contamination makes aluminum oxide a priceless gem
• Phase identification and Rietveld refinement of Connemara (Irish) Marble

Paints and coatings

• Validating minting ages of coins
• RIR-based quantitative phase analysis of crystal polymorphism  

Petrochemical

Composition of barite: A universal material

Scales in the petroleum industry: Phase identification

Pharmaceuticals

X-ray diffraction of an over-the-counter pain medication

Quality control / failure analysis

• Quality control testing of ferritic steels

• Non-destructive failure analysis

• XRD characterization of refractory powders by Search/Match analysis

• Quantification of the alpha-to-beta brass ratio in wire coatings

• Quality control in industrial processes with phase identification

• Retained austenite analysis