Phase Identification and Search-match Software

The computer based identification of crystalline phases in powder diffraction patterns normally requires two separate components (a) a powder diffraction database containing reference information and (b) a search-match program that loads the diffractogram and accesses the database to attempt to match the diffraction data to known phases in the database. 

Diffraction Files on CD ROM Diffraction Data, 12 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA, 19073 3273, U.S.A. powder diffraction data 

Nichols Nichols, Mineral Reference strongest peaks for X ray 

Database Reinhold, New York, 1991, 250 pp. and The Nickel Nichols Mineral Database, Materials Data, Inc., 1224 Concannon Blvd., Livermore, CA 94550, USA Hanawalt type strongest peaks searching 

Pauling File The PAULING FILE Binaries Edition, Ed. P. Villars, (2002) ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, USA, ISBN 0 87170 786 1 Pure elements and binary compounds with a Hanawalt strongest peaks search option for X ray diffraction data 

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