Dear colleagues,

 

one question on that:

 

>U and W should be instrumental constants that will not change with sample,
while V can have both an instrumental and a >residual stress component.

as far as I understand, the strain broadening term should have FWMM~theta
dependence, i.e. Lorentzian Y in "standard" (GSAS) notation.

For the Gaussian part you have

FWHM^2=U*tan^2(th)+V*tan(th)+W+P/cos^2(th)

and the term that varies roughly as ~theta is U, not V.

Therefore, based on that and probably erroneously, I used to refine U
parameter rather than V (+ P, X, Y, of course).

 

I am wondering if somebody could make this more clear?

 

>FullProf might be a bit more stable, but I think the process there is about
the same. (BTW, if anyone works out how to >convert GSAS profile terms to
ones used in FullProf, I'd be interested to get those relationships into
CMPR; I am not sure >if the scaling is only between centidegrees**2 and
degrees**2.) 

So far I noticed that Fullprof uses interchanged (v.r.t. GSAS) XY, i.e. X
corresponds to strain term there. There might be also other differences, of
course...

 

 

Sincerely,

Maxim. 

 

From: Brian H. Toby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:21 AM
To: May, Frank
Cc: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: Re: Rietveld: U,V,W

 

What is the correct procedure for refining U,V,W?  It is my understanding
that those parameters are a function of instrument geometry.  Does one use a
standard material to determine U,V,W and then fix their values for the
instrument you're using?....or do the values of U,V,W change depending on
the sample being examined?  If so, why do the values change?

 

The GSAS manual covers the latter part of you questions pretty well, though
perhaps indirectly. In theory, U and W should be instrumental constants that
will not change with sample, while V can have both an instrumental and a
residual stress component. However, this assumes that one also refines a
crystallite size parameter, P when needed, which many people (myself
included) do not. In that case, U, V & W will all change to compensate for
crystallite broadening. 

 

I do recommend using a standard with good sharp peaks (SRM LaB6 is the
ideal, though there are likely to be many other oxides handy that work
reasonably.) If you can't get a good fit to your standard, then you do not
want to advance to an unknown until you understand the problems with your
instrument/technique. 

 

Where possible, I try to start a refinement with values that are close to
correct for U, V & W (+ X & Y where significant) and put off refining them
until late in the refinement, when they tend to be pretty stabile.
Initially, I usually refine U, V & W together and then refine X and then Y
solo and then finally in combinations until everything is refined together.
Look for parameters that are refining to zero and turn them off, since GSAS
does not deal with that very well. Also look at the widths vs 2theta
(widplt) to see if the functions are reasonable. 

 

The routine in CMPR for fitting U, V & W values to a set of peak widths has
been useful for me where I don't have good calibration information for an
instrument. 

 

FullProf might be a bit more stable, but I think the process there is about
the same. (BTW, if anyone works out how to convert GSAS profile terms to
ones used in FullProf, I'd be interested to get those relationships into
CMPR; I am not sure if the scaling is only between centidegrees**2 and
degrees**2.) 

 

Brian

 

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