The structure type of La2Ti10.27Ga9.63O38 was revealed by a search-match using the PDF. A successful Rietveld refinement (Rp=8.9, Rwp=13.3, RB=4.20) confirmed the structure to be rhombohedral (space group R3¯, No. 148) with the refined unit cell parameters a=9.1878(1) Å, α=68.458(1)°, and V=646.374(1) Å3. The structure is compared to other compounds of the davidite type, and the observed and calculated powder data are given.

X-ray powder diffraction data for the three title compounds are reported. The crystals of all three compounds are monoclinic and the space group is P21 (No. 4) in each case. (1R, 2R)-(−)- norpseudoephedrine hydrochloride has a = 5.4422(8) Å, b = 8.071(1) Å, c = 11.839(1) Å and P= 101.803(9)°. For (1S,2R)-(+)-nqrephedrine hydrochloride a = 8.457(1) Å, b = 10.337(2) Å, c = 12.575(3) Å, and β = 107.46(1)° and for(±)-norephedrine hydrochloride a = 7.4406(6) Å, b = 9.4557(6) Å, c = 14.5799(8) Å and β= 103.446(7)°.

Complete sets of correction factors for absorption and air scattering effects in X-ray powder diffraction are reported. Both symmetrical reflection and transmission techniques are considered and boundary conditions to be tested for any given value of scattering angles are listed. This may prove particularly useful on coding computer programs for correction of raw intensity data files. Effects of interstitial volume on correction for absorption and subtraction of air scattering were investigated. For samples of high interstitial volume, like loosely packed powders or aerogels, the contribution from air trapped inside the specimen is significant and leads to expressions of the air scattering correction factors different from those commonly reported in the literature.

Crystal data for RuIn3 are reported. The material is tetragonal, , with a = 6.9983 (3), c = 7.2440 (4) Å, Vol = 354.78 Å3, Z = 4, Dc = 8.34 gm/cm3. It is isostructural with the compound CoGa3. The crystals of RuIn3, which form long needles, display electrical resistivity characteristics of a typical metal.

Intensity data were obtained from a diffractometer trace taken with CuKα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å. The structure was refined by least-squares calculations to R1 = 0.116 with 53 observed reflections. Powder pattern data are also given.

The ternary phase diagram of the system Bi2O3-CdO-GeO2 was investigated in several isothermal sections using predominantly X-ray powder diffraction. The following phases are described with respect to their crystal chemistry, phase relations and powder patterns: Bi2−2xCd2x(O3−x⍽9+x) (solid solution with anti-α-AgI structure), CdGeO3 (complicated polymorphism), Bi12GeO20 (stoichiometric sillenite), Cd-sillenite (solid solution), Bi1.8Cd0.2GeO4.9 (metastable, new phase, new structure type with GeO5 polyhedra), Bi2CdGeO6 (new ternary oxide, new structure type).

Trigonal CdSb2O6, prepared as a very crystalline powder by solid state reaction of CdO and Sb2O3, is isostructural with PbSb2O6 Space Group (S.G.) P31m (162), with a = 5.2399(2), c = 4.8045(4) Å, Z = 1 and Dc = 6.57 Mg.m−3. For the refinement of structural parameters from X-ray powder diffraction data two different methods have been employed and compared, both leading to very similar results. The refinements converged to RI = 0.025 using 35 intensities in the incremental optimization technique and to RF = 0.038, RW = 0.033 from 161 reflections in the least-squares refinement.

Indexed powder diffraction patterns and related crystallographic data are reported for ErNiSb, which is not represented in the X-ray Powder Diffraction File. The compound ErNiSb is cubic [space group F43m, Z=4, a=6.2693(1) Å]. The R=0.067 indicates that experimental intensities agree well with the calculated patterns.

The present paper establishes that the ratio between the XRD pulse counts of cement clinkers at d=0.278 and 0.274 nm bears a distinct relationship with the degree of sintering of the clinker, which is one of the factors that determine the cement quality. The paper also presents a rapid and accurate method for predicting both 3- and 28-day compressive strength (CCS) of cement mortar cubes based on XRD of the cement clinkers. The method is based on an index Xn derived from the XRD pulse counts at d=0.2959 and 0.287 nm corresponding to alite (hkl=202) and belite (hkl=102) phases of the clinker, respectively. The regression equation derived for a particular plant is (1) 3 day CCS=Xn×240 kg/cm2, when Xn<1 and 240+26 (Xn−1) kg/cm2, when Xn>1, where Xnmaximum=5.5. (2) 28 day CCS=C+C×In/100, where C=3 days CCS estimated by XRD (1), In=90−10Xn, where Xnmax=5.5. Calculated CCS values, in average, vary from the conventional test values by +5.9% to −5.4% and +3.8% to −3.5% in cases of 3- and 28-day CCS, respectively.

Using the Rietveld profile method, the atomic coordinates and anisotropic temperature factors of KCaF3 were refined. At room temperature, KCaF3 crystallizes in monoclinic B21/m symmetry, with the lattice parameters: a=8.754(2) Å, b=8.765(4) Å, c=8.760(5) Å, β=90.48(3)°, V=672.1(3) Å3, Z=8. The refinement procedure was stopped when RB=0.05 and the Durbin–Watson statistic factor=0.85 had been reached. The structure determined is related to the tilting of CaF6 octahedra of the a−b+c− type, which are responsible for the monoclinic distortion in perovskite crystals.

This paper describes a straightforward method for the identification of the Miller indices associated with the face of a crystal of low symmetry. The method relies on orienting a crystal face parallel to the sample holder in the goniometer of a powder diffractometer. An intense diffractogram resulting from a single family of lattice planes parallel to the crystal face is obtained. The application of silicon powder to the surface of the crystal provides a means to correct 2Θ values for any misalignment of the crystal face. Calculated 2Θ and intensity values are used to assign the reflections from the corrected single-crystal diffractogram to a particular set of related lattice planes. In this paper are listed the corrected experimental 2Θ and intensity values for a particular face of a large single crystal of monoclinic hydroxylapatite and the theoretical 2Θ and intensity values for the h00 set of planes. Comparison of these parameters leads to the unambiguous assignment of that particular crystal face to the h00 Miller index.

It is known that solids with composition Na3Zr2Si2PO12 heated at 1200 °C crystallize in the nasicon structure. This material shows a high ionic conductivity that represents an interesting improvement in the field of solid electrolytes. Our experimental results allow to establish for the first time that nasicon structures are stable along the compositional join Na3Zr2−x/4Si2−xP1+xO12 with x extending from 0 to 1.667. These structures are characterized by a Zr underoccupation of octahedral sites and a constant number of Na+ ions. This fact envisages a possible application of these materials in the field of ceramic sensors and ionic conductors.

Indexed X-ray powder diffraction data are reported for the semiconducting compound Ba2Cl2Cu3O4. The structure was refined by the Rietveid technique on the basis of the space group I4/mmm. Refined unit cell dimensions are a = 5.5156(1) Å, c = 13.8221(3) Å, V = 420.49 Å3Dx = 4.74 g/cm3, F30 = 129(0.0075,30), M20 = 121, Rp = 6.58, Rwp = 8.66, and RB = 4.49.

X-ray powder diffraction data for buckminsterfullerene, C60 are reported. The crystal structure is a face-centered cubic unit cell with a = 14.165 (1) Å. The reference intensity ratio (I/Icor) is 2.20.