Powder Diffraction - Spallation Neutron Source
Powder Diffraction - Spallation Neutron Source
Powder Diffraction - Spallation Neutron Source
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The physics that determine peak profiles<br />
Common factors<br />
Instrumental Resolution<br />
Axial Divergence (Low Angle<br />
Asymmetry)<br />
Sample placement/transparency<br />
Crystallite Broadening*<br />
Strain Broadening*<br />
* Note that these effects can vary for<br />
different classes of reflections<br />
(anisotropic peak broadening)<br />
Stacking faults*<br />
Less common factors<br />
Modulated Structures*<br />
Coherence differing by atom type*<br />
Compositional inhomogeneity!<br />
* Hard to model<br />
! Sometimes impossible to model<br />
Results of these factors are convoluted to produce the observed peak<br />
shape.<br />
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