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Powder-Pattern: A System of Programs for Processing and Interpreting Powder Diffraction Data*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Nikos P. Pyrros  and
Camden R. Hubbard
Nikos P. Pyrros
Affiliation:
JCPDS--International Centre for Diffraction Data, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 2023A
Camden R. Hubbard
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234
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The production of standard x-ray diffraction patterns at NBS imposes special requirements in the data processing of powder patterns. The patterns should be complete and have an overall accuracy of better than 0.01 degree two theta. To ensure completeness all the observable peaks should be indexed. To make certain that the sample is a pure phase, weak peaks have to be identified as well.

The indexing of all the peaks implies that the cell constants must be known and there should be a good agreement between all the calculated and observed peak positions. In practice this is achieved by a least-squares refinement of the unit cell parameters. This serves as a test of the assumed unit cell and also as an interpretation of the observed peaks. Finally, an attempt is made to identify the space group. This step also requires the identification of weak peaks. The agreement of a known space group with the observed reflections further confirms the purity of the sample.

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II. Search/Match Procedures, Powder Diffraction File
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 26: Thirty-First Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-6, 1982 , 1982 , pp. 63 - 72
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1982

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