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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Miniflex
Description	image of antique Rigaku Miniflex (ca. 1976) desktop X-ray diffraction instrument
Source	scanned from product brochure
Article	Miniflex
Portion used	low res cropped image with background removed
Low resolution?	250px wide image only; size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution
Purpose of use	illustrates antique product in chain of product history of miniature X-ray Diffraction instrumentation
Replaceable?	because it is a product image, there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary
Other information	use of this image in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

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current	19:14, 28 March 2008	250×161 (25 KB)	Theprisoner6 (Talk \| contribs)	({{Non-free promotional\|http://www.urlofterms.com\|image_has_rationale=yes\|image_is_of_living_person=no}} {{Non-free use rationale \|Article=Miniflex \|Description=image of antique Rigaku Miniflex (ca. 1976) desktop X-ray diffraction instrument \|Source=scann)