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Installation of the Xcalibur-2
Day 1

Boxes in                    the corridor


At the start of the first day, the new diffractometer and equipment was in 11 large wooden boxes that had been delivered two weeks previously. Not all of the boxes would fit into the lab!
Locating the Xcalibur-1
Ross tells David Warner from Oxford Diffraction where to go, while Nancy Ross looks on!

Actually, we were discussing the final position of the Xcalibur-1 system that was moved just before this picture was taken.
Locating the Xcalibur-2
David Warner and Ross Angel discuss the location of the Xcalibur-2 system, while Brian Cook looks on.
Installing the Xcalibur-2 goniometer
By the afternoon the Xcalibur-2 goniometer was installed. David Warner checks clearance watched by Geno Iannaccone.

All pictures on these pages showing the installation were taken by Dr. Jing Zhao of the Crystallography Laboratory.