Re: Question about dealing with size and Strain in Rietveld

2004-05-03 Thread Andreas Leineweber
Dear Darin, Darin Hoffman wrote: To any one that can help: I am performing a rietveld refinement using GSAS on x-ray data of a rod material.  I have thus far been able to make a good fit by simply attaining the Particle size and strain broadening.  The data so far matches close to what

Question about dealing with size and Strain in Rietveld

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Zavalij
Reference to PSF #4 by P. Stephens is J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 281-289. Peter Y. Zavalij University Crystallographer Institute for Materials Research and Chemistry Department Binghamton University, SUNY, Vestal Pkwy, East Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA Tel: (607)777-4298Fax: (607)777-4623

Question about dealing with size and Strain in Rietveld

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Zavalij
The approach you use describes anisotropy of the peak broadening in ellipsoidal approximation and it is not strange that fit is improved. The question is how adequate the model is. You may also try PSF #4. There was a lot of discussion recently on this list about the anisotropic broadening and pe

Question about dealing with size and Strain in Rietveld

2004-05-03 Thread Darin Hoffman
To any one that can help: I am performing a rietveld refinement using GSAS on x-ray data of a rod material. I have thus far been able to make a good fit by simply attaining the Particle size and strain broadening. The data so far matches close to what I expect. I am using the type 2 pseudo-Vo