Dear Dr. Ross,
Thanks very much for your suggestion. I was thinking that there must be
people who have used both the systems. But, i see that its nearly
impossible to find.
Oxford system people have agreed to take our crystals by cryo-shipper
and try them out in their machine.
sincerely
sankar
Ross Angel wrote:
> Sankar
>
> We had an Oxford Diffraction PX system, with the same goniometer and
> detector as the Nova, for 3 years until last Fall when we upgraded to
> the Nova. We also have 3 other Xcalibur instruments with the same
> goniometer and control systems. All four diffractometers have
> performed reliably with very little downtime, the oldest now being
> nearly 6 years old, and with very little maintainance. The Nova itself
> has worked well, and has stayed in alignment since it was installed 6
> months ago. You can see a few more details at www.crystal.vt.edu.
>
> I do not have experience of the micromax. Obtaining a valid comparison
> between any two diffractometers is difficult. I can only suggest that
> you do what the rest of us do, and that is take some of your typical
> crystals and some of your poorer crystals around and try them out on
> each of the instruments that you are considering.
>
> Ross Angel
>
> At 12:27 AM 2/28/2007, Sankar Narayanan Manicka wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> Our lab is planning to buy an X-ray machine for protein crystallography.
>>
>> Which system would be best for home source, Oxford diffraction system
>> Xcalibur Nova or a MSC/Rigaku MicroMax-002.
>>
>>
>> sincerely,
>> sankar
>>
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