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A Minicomputer and Methodology for X-Ray Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

W. Parrish
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, California 95193
G. L. Ayers
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, California 95193
T. C. Huang
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, California 95193
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Abstract

This paper outlines the use of an IBM Series/1 small computer for instrument automation and data reduction for X-ray polycrystalline diffractometry and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The profile fitting method is used to determine 2θ, d and relative peak and integrated intensities in diffraction, and the fundamental parameters method (LAMA program) is used for quantitative analysis of bulk and thin film samples. The methods are precise and rapid.

Type
Use of Computers in Powder Diffraction
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1979

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