Re: high ADPs

2018-08-30 Thread Maxim V . Lobanov
As it seems that ALL ADP values in the structure are simultaneously high, I am afraid that there might be some instrumental/overall angle-dependent factor (absorption, polarization etc.)  incorrectly treated.  30.08.2018, 09:03, "Leopoldo Suescun" :Dear Maxim,I have a large number of structures ref

Fwd: RE: FullProf

2015-01-29 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov (MSU)
quality and simultaneously can clearly recognize two types of shift, refine sequentially and (you can do this in Fullprof) set as low shift (via parameter code) as possible - this would make the refinement a bit more stable. Sincerely, Maxim. _ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of

Re: Anisotropic temperature factors

2014-12-19 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov (MSU)
x27;d mentioned a high value of refined isotropic ADPs (2.5), this could indicate some inappropriateness of the model: e.g. occupancy / occupancy distribution, which is strongly correlated with ADPs. Sincerely, Maxim. _ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Moscow State University

Re: XRF and XRD best practice...

2014-02-14 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov (MSU)
rphous phase content. _____________ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Moscow State University loba...@icr.chem.msu.ru Friday, February 14, 2014, 7:40:35 PM, you wrote: >   > Hello all, >   > I use Rietveld primarily for quantitative phase analysis of rock > samples. We coll

BVS at non-ambient conditions?

2013-09-03 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov (MSU)
, Maxim. Maxim V. Lobanov Inorganic Crystal Chemistry lab. Moscow State University mailto:loba...@icr.chem.msu.ru ++ Please do NOT attach files to the whole list Send commands to eg: HELP as the subject

a basic question (freeware for cartesian-to-crystal transformation)

2013-08-13 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov (MSU)
in textbooks, but it is also easy to make mistakes in non-orthogonal case, and I want to check myself (my code). Or maybe Fortran/C/whatever code (would be even better)? Sincerely, Maxim. Maxim V. Lobanov Inorganic Crystal Chemistry lab. Moscow State University

RE: Intrumental broadening of 2D detector

2010-02-18 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Another good line profile standard is NAC (Na2Ca3Al2F14). It's been discussed on the list long ago where one can get this material: http://www.mail-archive.com/rietveld_l@ill.fr/msg01824.html But (facing the same problem with unavailability of LaB6 from NIST), if somebody could propose a good a

RE: What is a good sequence for refinement of (U,V,W) of a multiphase sample ?

2010-02-08 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
ssentially the same: Y=0.0323 and X refines to zero. Maybe this helps... Sincerely, Maxim. -Original Message- From: Huy LE-QUOC [mailto:huy.le-q...@lpsc.in2p3.fr] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:51 PM To: Maxim V. Lobanov Subject: Re: What is a good sequence for refinement of (U

RE: What is a good sequence for refinement of (U,V,W) of a multiphase sample ?

2010-02-03 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Actually, V and W reflect instrumental broadening - so better to be refined globally or fixed at the values refined with a standard (LaB6 or similar). U is a mixture of instrumental contribution and Gaussian strain broadening term - so, can de different for three phases. But practically for such

RE: refining the structural parameters selectively

2009-09-14 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Of course you can. There is an option "fix specific reciprocal metric tensor elements" - that's what you need. It is located in "least-squares refinement set-up/overall parameters/lattice parameters" in GSAS menu. It seems that it is not accessible via EXPGUI interface. Sincerely, Maxim. --

RE: From TIME MAP to FXYE format

2009-05-19 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear Peng, You can simply use rawplot within GSAS package - then play around with export options. I used to write a small software doing that in automatic way (calling rawplot and doing some extra operations - I used it to convert the TOF data into pseudo-CW to compare with X-ray and CW neutro

ASCII export from Xfit?

2009-04-05 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear colleagues, I am wondering if it is possible to export fitted profile from Xfit as ASCII (2theta/Intensity). This may be somehow similar to Topas, but I don't know if commands like file_out are working in Xfit (at least I failed to make it working so far). Sincerely, Maxim. --

RE: cRs

2009-03-03 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
As far as I understand, the major issue is that BG subtraction changes the error statistics (accordingly, weights applied in calculating function to minimize...). It is also somewhat arbitrary how you choose the BG line - so, you can easily subtract part of Bragg contribution from base of peak

RE: Rietveld: U,V,W

2008-11-30 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
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

RE: question on size-strain analysis - question for Fullprof users

2008-11-13 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
l] and the formulae are described in Page 12 of the DDMguide. Note, however, that these estimations are valid only for simple crystal size distributions. Best regards, Leonid --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PRO

RE: question on size-strain analysis

2008-11-12 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
is must be something really simple... Sincerely, Maxim. -Original Message- From: Nicolae Popa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:48 PM To: Maxim V. Lobanov; rietveld_l@ill.fr Subject: Re: question on size-strain analysis Hi, Besides strain and instrument also size broade

question on size-strain analysis

2008-10-20 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear colleagues, I have a probably very basic question related to size-strain analysis: we have a pattern of a nanocrystalline oxide, which shows (from Williamson-Hall plot) almost purely size broadening, and shape of reflections is to good accuracy Gaussian. I am curious what type of microstruct

Re: magnetic symmerty

2006-08-07 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear Brajendra, There are some freeware programs that can generate symmetry-allowed magnetic configurations, and are capable of creating Fullprof-style input template(*.pcr); examples are Sarah and Basireps (the latter within Fullprof Suite). In perovskites in certain case

Re: simulated annealing software?

2005-01-26 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
solution for me... Sincerely, Maxim. _______ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee 101 South College 1413 Circle Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996

simulated annealing software?

2005-01-25 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
incerely, Maxim. _______ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee 101 South College 1413 Circle Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996

BVS parameters at non-ambient conditions?

2005-01-20 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear colleagues, I am just wondering if there is any way to correct BVS (bond valence sum) parameters (R0 and B) to do calculations at non-ambient conditions (low-T, high-T). Sincerely, Maxim. ___ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Mat

Re: Spin flip model enquiry

2005-01-17 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Caspi (quite long time ago) - you can try to find it in the list archive... Sincerely, Maxim. ___________ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee 101 South College 1413 Circle Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996

Re: rietveld refinement

2004-11-18 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
ightforward. It is a separate question to what extent those distributions are "physical"... Sincerely, Maxim. ___________ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee 101 South College 1413 Circle Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996

Re: PDFGetN problem

2004-09-10 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Dear Xiangyun, Thank you very much. I thought I replied to the list, but it happens that I didn't. the reality is simpler: the problem disappeared after I downloaded and installed the most recent version of PDFGetN (1.5.6)... Sincerely, Maxim. ___ Ma

PDFGetN problem

2004-09-10 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
would be grateful if somebody might give me an advice what the possible origin of such a problem could be. Sincerely, Maxim. ___________ Maxim V. Lobanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee 101 South College 1413 Circle Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996

"Findsym" GUI

2004-06-27 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
project, I apologize that some of the suggestions could be possibly not introduced or will be somewhat delayed. Sincerely, Maxim. ______________ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: fundamental parameters approach

2004-06-04 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
;Again, does this approach take care of low angle peak >asymmetry better? __ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

rietveld_l@ill.fr

2004-05-11 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Sincerely, Maxim. ______ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: Fullprof: Le Bail fit for incommensurate structures?

2004-04-13 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Maxim. __________ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Fullprof: Le Bail fit for incommensurate structures?

2004-04-12 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
erely, Maxim. __ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: GSAS informations

2004-04-07 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
l^2 + 2*L12*hk + 2*L13*hl + 2*L23*kl > > I would like to know and understand the physical representation of these >parameters and this expression. > ______ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: Lattice parameter constraint in GSAS

2004-03-25 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
Variable NoVarabl was not refined > ______ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: Instument parameter file

2004-03-18 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
.e., P = 0 . } Sincerely, Maxim. ______ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: Magnetic Form Factor of Ru+4

2004-03-09 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
factor. Also, in the case of 5d (and 4d also?) ions one might need to consider effects of covalency as well - there are some references dated back to 1960s by G.Shirane's group on that subject. Sincerely, Maxim. __ Max

Re: thermal parameters at low temperature

2004-02-26 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
of fixing these >terms, or is there anybody out there willing to tell me the way of >doing it? __________ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

RE: Re: thermal parameters at low temperature

2004-02-26 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
ctors, relevant for thermal factors in neutrons, and ways to estimate reasonable correction values. Sincerely, Maxim. __________ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811

Re: thermal parameters at low temperature

2004-02-26 Thread Maxim V. Lobanov
, Maxim. __ Maxim V. Lobanov Department of Chemistry Rutgers University 610 Taylor Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-3811