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MDI JADE - 2010 - Tutorial - July 2013

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MDI JADE - 2010 - Tutorial - July 2013

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MDI  Jade  (2010)  


Tutorial  
Revised  July  2013  
 
 
Jade  is  a  product  of  MDI    
Materials  Data  Inc.    
1224  Concannon  Blvd.  
Livermore,  CA  94550    
phone  (925)  449-­‐1084    
FAX  (925)  373-­‐1659    
  [email protected]  

1) Open  MDI  Jade  (2010)  from  the  desktop    


2) The  main  Jade  window  will  open.  Make  sure  the  correct  project  id  is  chosen  from  the  drop  down  menu.  For  
example,  for  the  lab  class  it  should  be  “MSE  360  –  365”.  

   
3) For  light  Jade  use,  please  use  the  “Default/General  Project”.  To  create  new  project  click  the   button  and  
choose  “Create  a  Project”  from  the  menu.  

   
4) On  the  upper  left  panel  click  the  small  folder  icon  to  choose  the  appropriate  folder.    
a. If  the  desired  folder  is  not  found  in  the  recent  list  click  on  the  “Open  Other  Folder…”  

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b. For  the  lab  class  go  to  “C:\Users\MSE  360\2012\<Day  of  lab>\<Group#>”  
c. Click  a  file  to  open  the  folder  in  side  panel.  Double  click  file  you  wish  to  analyze.  
d. For  analysis  please  use  the  .raw  files  inside  of  Jade.  
5) At  the  bottom  center  of  the  screen  should  be  4  tabs:  Scans,  Peaks|Lines,  Phases,  and  Hits  

 
6) Peaks|Lines  when  clicked  upon  automatically  attempts  to  determine  the  given  peaks  in  the  file  

 
a. Manual  adjustments  to  the  default  parameters  can  be  adjusted  at  the  top  of  the  screen  
 
b. Or  peaks  can  be  added  manually  by  left  clicking  inside  the  pattern  itself  and  subtracted  by  
right  clicking  on  top  of  a  peak.  

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7) Phases  when  clicked  upon  automatically  matches  the  possible  phases  in  the  sample  

 
a. To  overlay  the  pdf  files,  check  the  box  in  the  left  column.  
b. For  the  lab  class  please  make  sure  to  have  the  entire  powder  diffraction  file  database  
available  

 
c. Filters  can  be  used  to  put  constraints  on  the  results.  

 
d. Chemistry  filters  are  used  to  limit  to  certain  elements,  either  possible  or  required.  

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8) Double  click  on  a  pdf  to  view  the  details  of  the  pdf  card  

 
a. The  icons  in  the  top  right  corner  can  help  you  view  the  peak  list,  print,  copy  to  clipboard,  
keep  file,  and  add  to  attach  to  plot  window      
b. Copy  to  clipboard  and  paste  into  a  text  window  
9) Hits  is  similar  to  Phases:  

 
10)  Saving  and  Printing:  
a. Use  “Save  &  Paste”  to  “Copy  Current  Data”  into  notepad  (save  as  a  .txt  file)  or  copy  an  image  
of  the  current  plot  display  

 
b. Use  “Printing”  to  send  a  copy  of  the  plot  window  to  the  printer  or  view  a  “Print  Preview…”  
to  save  an  image  file  in  various  formats  

 
   

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Jade  (2010):  
Going  
beyond  the  
basics  
 

 
 
1.) Demonstration  files  can  be  found  by  clicking  the    icon  and  then  “Open  Demo–File  Folder”    
2.) Overlaying  multiple  files:  
a. Hold  Ctrl  key  and  select  desired  files.  Right  click  and  select  “overlay”:  

 
3.) If  importing  other  X-­‐ray  diffraction  files  into  Jade,  right  click  on  desired  file  and  click  “import”.  
From  there  you  can  “Save”,  “Load”  or  “Overlay”  a  given  file  into  jade  

   
 
 
 
4.) Learning  the  menus:  
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a. Menus  are  located  along  the  top  of  the  software  “Start,  Printing,  Save  &  Paste,  etc.”  
b. Menus  are  also  available  by  right  clicking  in  the  main  window  as  seen  below,  additional  
menus  are  given  such  as  Color  and  Legend  Menu:    

 
c. For  additional  information  and  methods  to  customize  the  appearance,  see  the  Help  Topics  
(F1)  under  “Jade’s  User  Interface>Customize  Main  Form”  
5.)  Learning  the  toolbars:  
a. Toolbars  change  based  upon  the  active  tab,  the  software  function  automatically  runs  when  
you  click  on  top  of  one  of  the  tabs  
 
b. Left  click  on  “see  tooltips”  to  reveal  information  about  each  button  

 
c. “left-­‐click  here  for  toolbars…”  to  reveal  advance  settings  and  all  available  toolbars  

 
d. For  additional  information  and  methods  to  customize  the  appearance,  see  the  Help  Topics  
(F1)  under  “Jade’s  User  Interface>Toolstrip  and  Toolbars”  
6.) Applying  a  background  (always  in  SQR  scale):  
a. Right  click  on  “BC”  to  reveal  background  toolbar.
 
b. There  are  two  reasons  for  applying  a  background:  1)  to  define  where  the  peaks  are  for  
Search/Match;  2)  to  define  where  the  noise  is  for  profile  fitting  
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c. To  edit  a  background  point,  left  click  on  top  of  one  of  the  red  background  points  to  move  
around,  right  click  to  delete  point.  Left  click  on  an  along  red  line  to  add  a  new  point.  

 
7.) Setting  up  Search/Match:  
a. Choose  “Phases”  tab  
b. The  main  areas  to  look  at  are  the  “Filters”  drop  down  list  and  Database  setup  

 
c. Filters:  If you know the specific elements present or have a good suspension you can
improve the yield of returned matches by entering the chemistry information in the
search match window…by choosing the “Use Chemistry filter option pictured below:  

   
d. Make sure, if desired, that the appropriate database(s) are selected:

8.) PDF retrievals: similar to Chemistry filter in appearance and function. Found under
“Database>Retrieve…” ADD MORE TO THIS

     

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