Cement

General XRD phase/composition identification analysis

Chemicals

Quantification of Zeolite phases

Zeolite: Impurities and Phase Identification

Cosmetics

Talc? I don't think so…Whole Pattern Fitting  

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

Forensic vehicle identification from paint samples

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

Paints and coatings

Validating minting ages of coins

RIR-based quantitative phase analysis of crystal polymorphism  

Petrochemical

Phase identification in the oil drilling industry

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

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