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Powder diffraction : theory and practice /

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A long awaited overview of powder diffraction in modern research include essential theory and introductory material.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Billinge, S. J. L., Dinnebier, Robert E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2008]
Subjects:
Powders > Optical properties.
Spectrum analysis.
Crystallography.
Inorganic chemistry.
SCIENCE > Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis.
Science.
Solid state chemistry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principles of powder diffraction
  • Experimental setups
  • The intensity of a Bragg reflection
  • General data reduction
  • The profile of a Bragg reflection for extracting intensities
  • Instrumental contributions to the line profile in X-ray powder diffraction : example of the diffractometer with Bragg-Brentano geometry
  • Indexing and space group determination
  • Crystal structure determination
  • Rietveld refinement
  • The derivative difference minimization method
  • Quantitative phase analysis
  • Microstructural properties : texture and macrostress effects
  • Microstructural properties : lattice defects and domain size effects
  • Two-dimensional diffraction using area detectors
  • Powder diffraction under non-ambient conditions
  • Local structure from total scattering and atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis
  • Computer software for powder diffraction.