The purpose of this contract is the supply of an X-ray diffractometer. Services also include delivery, installation, commissioning of equipment, on-site operator training and equipment maintenance.

X-ray diffraction will be used for mineralogical analyses on powder or oriented slides. Powder analyses concern various geological matrices such as sediments, carbonates, silicate rocks, iron and manganese oxides and oxyhydroxides, sulphides and sulphates (which may be rich in copper, iron, zinc, barium). Oriented slide analyses are mainly carried out in the context of clay studies.