Hi Mike,

If he plots in d then neither of the components will have the right d-spacing 
when he uses the average - but you're right that its standard procedure.

                        - Kurt

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Glazer [mailto:m.glaz...@physics.ox.ac.uk] 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:49 AM
To: Kurt Leinenweber; Franz Werner; rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: RE: Comparison of powder patterns recorded at different wavelengths

Kurt
The standard method is to use a wavelength made from the weighted (2:1) average 
of the two components. So for CuKa the standard value is 1.5418 angstroms
Mike Glazer


-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Leinenweber [mailto:ku...@asu.edu] 
Sent: 15 January 2010 16:46
To: Franz Werner; rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: RE: Comparison of powder patterns recorded at different wavelengths

HI Franz,

It seems to me that the best thing would be to use K alpha 1 wavelength (which 
is 66 percent of the total intensity) and then mentally ignore the K alpha 2 
contribution.  The other option is to strip the original data of K alpha 2, if 
your diffractometer's software has that option, but since stripping is a kind 
of data manipulation, I don't usually like doing it.

                        - Kurt

 
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Kurt Leinenweber
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-1604
 
phone (480)-965-8853
fax (480)-965-2747
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Franz Werner [mailto:franzwer...@gmx.at] 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 6:27 AM
To: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: Comparison of powder patterns recorded at different wavelengths

Hello Rietvelders

I want to compare graphically powder patterns of a phase which were recorded at 
different wavelengths. Therefore I'd like to overlay the patterns using 
d-values, calculated from their corresponding 2theta values. In the case of 
monochromatic X-rays it's trivial. But which wavelength should one use in the 
case of Kalpha1-Kalpha2 radiation (lab instrument)?

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Franz Werner

Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia
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