Dear all, > Let's see if this gets through. I recently moved to APS & my "official" > e-mail address changed but not my "public" one ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > OK, my comments on PDF vs/and Rietveld refinement.
... > I fully agree with Alan's definition of "Rietveld Refinement"; I usually > describe it as a "curve fitting" to the entire powder diffraction > profile (Bragg peaks and diffuse scattering/background). > Bob Myself feel safer in the reciprocal space. Let's ask Hugo Rietveld what is 'profile matching' then. If some body suggests to fit the total scattering data directly to a set of interatomic distances, that must be not Hugo Rietveld. Best wishes, OS
