On 2007/02/21 9:06, "Jonathan Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2pi/d just needs a better name than Q? I guess, to some extent, this debate depends on whether you are only interested in talking to other powder diffraction specialists. As a non-specialist, I would suggest that Q is a more widely used variable - certainly in the inelastic scattering community, but also I believe in the liquids and amorphous community, who might be interested in studying crystallization processes, for example. If I want to check the elastic scattering contained within my inelastic spectrum, it is certainly an inconvenience having to convert from two-theta, even assuming I know the wavelength. I certainly hope you don't settle on 10^4/d^2. Regards, Ray -- Dr Ray Osborn Tel: +1 (630) 252-9011 Materials Science Division Fax: +1 (630) 252-7777 Argonne National Laboratory E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Argonne, IL 60439-4845
