Powder diffraction technology

Brochure entitled Powder Diffraction, Standard Reference Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., 1993. 

To date, only two technologies have reached the original goal of certification , namely. X-ray computer tomography (CT) in 1996 and X-ray powder diffraction coherent Compton scattering in 2004. In fact, since 1996 this has not been a... 

Refs. [i] West AR (1988) Basic solid state chemistry. Wiley New York, pp 323 [ii] Nazri GA, Pistoia G (eds) (2004) Lithium batteries Science and technology Kluwer, Boston, parts I-III [Hi] David WIF, Shank-land K, McCusker LB, Baerlocher C (eds) (2002) Structure determination from powder diffraction data. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 337 [iv] Jenkins R, Snyder RL (1996) Introduction to X-ray powder diffractometry. Wiley, New York, pp 403 [v] Baehtz C, Buhrmester T, Bramnik NN, Nikolowski K, Ehrenberg H (2005) Solid State Ionics 176 1647... 

Additionally there is the Crystal Data Identification File (CDIF), maintained by the US National Institute of Science and Technology, which stores unit cell parameters and crystal class information (determined by either single-crystal or powder diffraction) for all types of substances. The CDIF does not store any information on atomic positions, indeed it does not require the frill structure to be known. Nevertheless, it provides a very useful preliminary check at the start of a new structure analysis. Currently the CDIF contains ca. 237 000 entries, with a large backlog. 

Mighell, A. D. and Stalick, J. K. (1983). Crystal data. Determinative tables. Vol. 6, 3rd edn. U. S. National Institute of Science and Technology, JCPDS—Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards, ICDD—International Centre for Diffraction Data. [14]... 

Accuracy in powder diffraction II. Proceedings of the International Conference, May 26-29, 1992. E. Prince and J.K. Stalick, Eds., National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, DC (1992). 

RIETAN (GPL d) A Rietveld analysis program RIETAN 98 and its applications to zeolites, F. Izumi and T. Ikeda, Mater. Sci. Forum, 2000, 321-324, 198 203 and F. Izumi, Development and Applications of the Pioneering Technology of Structure Refinement from Powder Diffraction Data, J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn., 2003, 111, 617 623... 

LHPM a Computer Program for Rietveld Analysis of X ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Patterns, R. J. Hill, and C. J. Howard (1986) AAEC Report No. Ml 12 and QPDA A User Friendly, Interactive Program for Quantitative Phase and Crystal Size/Strain Analysis of Powder Diffraction Data, I. C. Madsen and R. J. Hill, Powder Diffr., 1990, 5, 195 199 A Rietveld analysis program RIETAN 98 and its applications to zeolites, F. Izumi and T. Ikeda, Mater. Sci. Forum, 2000, 321-324, 198 203 and F. Izumi, Development and Applications of the Pioneering Technology of Structure Refinement from Powder Diffraction Data, J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn., 2003, 111, 617 623... 

LHPM a Computer Program for Rietveld Analysis of X ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Patterns, B. A. Hunter and C. J. Howard (February 2000), Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and Rietica A visual Rietveld program, Brett Hunter, Int. Union Crystallogr., Commission Powder Diffr. Newsletter, 1998, No. 20, p. 21... 

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