TOPAS-Academic - Tutorials
These tutorials assume the following:
Both TA and jEdit have been installed
(see instructions).
The self extracting executable INP_jEdit.exe
has been downloaded and extracted and the jEdit macro INP-SETUP.BSH
run from within jEdit using the jEdit menu option "Macros/Run Other
Macro".
You have downloaded the necessary data files
for the tutorials. The data files themselves can be downloaded by
extracting the .zip file linked here. Alternatively
you can download the .zip file ta_tutorials.zip
linked here (~3.5 Mb) and extract
the contents to any directory. It contains all the webpages about
topas academic, jedit and all the tutorial files. Open the folder
ta_tutorials and launch ta_tutorials.html.
The DEMO version
of TOPAS-Academic does not report parameter values and thus the
tutorials can only be performed in a limited manner. It is however
worthwhile to look through the tutorials to view the capabilities
of TOPAS-Academic.
The tutorials describe using alt-tab to switch
between windows applications. Such keyboard shortcuts are often
quicker than using the mouse.
Here are the Tutorials
Running
Examples
Simple
Rietveld refinement of Laboratory X-ray data of Rutile
Pawley
refinement of Y2O3
Peak
fitting and Indexing of PbSO4
Structure
solution of PbSO4
TOF calibration
/ refinement of CeO2
Variable
Counting Time data - Rietveld
Discussion
The tutorials demonstate that editors
of the calibre of jEdit is a natural choice in the writing of INP
scripts. Remembering keywords or their placement in the TA data
structures are not necessary and the speed and ease of setting up
INP files are equal to the best of data input strategies. It is
however necessary to have an idea of what some of the keywords and
TA macros do. For example, the use of instrumental convolutions
such as Divergence, Slit_Width or whether or not the anode is Cu
or Co are User decisions. Also stressed is the searching of the
TA Technical Reference for finding out about keywords.
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