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I am with the XRD, a Japanese donation to the IFS.

Geology Division

I worked in the Geology Division with Dr. G.M. Fonseka who was in-charge of the X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD).

Crushed soil samples are compacted inside metal rings into discs and mounted on the XRD. Then the sample is hit with x-rays. The resulting diffracted x-rays provide clues into the Bragg planes in the material in the sample. This helps identify the component elements in the sample.

One of my projects was to translate a booklet on X-Ray Diffractometry into Sinhalese for the School Science Program under Dr. Fonseka’s supervision.