Yes, it's Rietveld Refinement if you refine the atomic structure
parameters. If you define the Rietveld method as simply the calculation of
the powder pattern, that applies to just about any powder diffraction
study, and under values the importance of the method.
But you shouldn't refine structure
Hi, in our work we still sometimes encounter entirely new compounds with simple
structures like rocksalt, spinel, etc. in order to convince ourselves and our
readers that the materials are real, we have to fit the powder patterns - put
in the atoms, refine lattice parameter(s), show that therma
