Crystallinity, analysis baseline from

The formation of crystalline oxides is evident from XRD analysis of the resulting materials. As-made Ti02 heat treated under Ar (CCM-Ti02-C) shows several well-resolved, sharp peaks on a flat baseline (Fig. 21.22a, A), suggesting that the amorphous as-synthesized Ti02 was successfully converted to anatase. The crystallite size as calculated from the Scherrer equation is 10 nm. Similarly, the XRD pattern of CCM-Nb2C>5-C (Fig. 21.22b, A) matched that of the hexagonal (primitive)... 

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