Hi~, Although I am out of the track to do chemistry for now, I am still happy to be in the list to feel a chemist. And the patterns are same for me with just small bit of Zero shift. I am curious what they made out of it.
CJ On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Leopoldo Suescun <leopo...@fq.edu.uy> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > I apologize in advance for attaching a file but I cannot share my > astonishment without it. > > With so many advanced pieces of equipment for powder diffraction data > collection spread all over the world and so many nice pieces of software > written to handle (and interpret) powder diffraction data I was truly > astonished to see the attached capture of a figure containing powder > patterns ready to be published next September 2015 in a reputable > international peer-reviewed journal that usually publishes x-ray data, as a > proof of phase purity for x<0.4 samples... > > It´s truly unimportant what is the journal or who are the authors (I can > provide the reference if anyone wants it, though), but could anyone think > any interesting conclusions can be extracted from samples characterized in > this way? > > Are there referees ready to accept these patterns as proof of anything? > > Shouldn´t the IUCr take action and try to influence the journals that > frequently publish x-ray data (as a complementary characterization > technique but that determines the validity of other results) to have > well-trained crystallographers review any article that contains x-ray > diffraction data? > > This is not the first time I face this kind of powder patterns in the > published literature, that´s why I worry more and more every day. > > With best regards, > Leo > > > -- > Dr. Leopoldo Suescun > Prof. Agr (Assoc. Prof.) de Física Tel: (+598) 29290705/29249859 > Cryssmat-Lab./DETEMA Fax: (+598) 29241906* > Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la Republica > ,_. > | \ > | v- > ,' \ > | ( > \__Montevideo, Uruguay > > En pleno disfrute del Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014 ( > http://www.iycr2014.org ), (http://www.cristalografia2014.fq.edu.uy) > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Please do NOT attach files to the whole list <alan.he...@neutronoptics.com > > > Send commands to <lists...@ill.fr> eg: HELP as the subject with no body > text > The Rietveld_L list archive is on > http://www.mail-archive.com/rietveld_l@ill.fr/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >
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