Applied Crystallography: Wisla, Poland, 4-7 September 2000 (Proceedings of the XVIII Conference)

Foreword......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 10 Determination of crystal structure from powder diffraction by Rietveld method......Page 16 The microstructure of nanocrystalline powders by combining fitting techniques and diffraction-line-broadening analysis......Page 18 Characterisation of subtle structural disortions in transition metal oxides by high resolution powder diffraction......Page 28 X-ray studies of nanomaterials: theory and experiment......Page 36 The bond valence method - applied to complex thioanions and heterobimetallic complexes of copper with molybdenum and tungsten via bridging sulfur ligands......Page 42 Magnetic structure determination from powder diffraction using the program FullProf......Page 45 Structure of the R-phase in NiTi shape memory alloys......Page 52 Rietveld refinement studies of Te-doped CoSb3......Page 61 Rietveld profile analysis on the Mn-substituted ordered LiFe5O8......Page 65 Crystal structure of CuCr2Se4 Cu0.8Co0.2Cr2Se4 and Cu0.4Co0.6Cr2Se4......Page 69 Rietveld quantitative analysis of Donieck anthracite with structure refinement of organic component......Page 73 Development of methods and techniques in X-ray electron and neutron diffraction......Page 78 Small-angle scattering and the decomposition of alloys......Page 80 Application of the anisotropic Porod law to some typical particle shapes......Page 94 A new X-ray diffractometer 'ETA' for surface gradient investigations in phase texture and stress analysis......Page 112 The choice of options of the data processing of the X-ray single-crystal data......Page 116 Studies of diffuse X-ray scattering......Page 119 Determination of particle size distribution by small angle X-ray scattering......Page 123 Anomalous small angle X-ray scattering study of self-assembled quantum dots......Page 127 SAXS investigations of swelling process of polymer layer deposited on porous materials......Page 131 Structure of NiTiCu melt spun ribbons fitted by Rietveld refinement......Page 135 Application of RDF and Rietveld refinement methods for structure determination of nanocrystalline materials......Page 140 Silicon strip detectors and prospects of their application in X-ray powder diffractometers......Page 145 Crystallography of phase transformation martensitic transformation in shape memory alloys......Page 150 Crystallography of martensite......Page 152 Bulk and surface defects in fatigued Cu-Zn-Al single crystals......Page 168 Ageing effects in Ni-Ti based shape memory alloys......Page 186 Martensitic structures in Ni-Mn-Ga......Page 201 Structure and transformation sequence of NiTiCu shape memory alloys obtained by powder technology......Page 215 Critical behaviour of the chemical potential at martensitic phase transitions in selected shape-memory alloys......Page 221 Correlation between interatomic bond strains and phase transition temperatures of perovskite-like complex oxides......Page 225 Texture studies defect structure and microstructure characterisation......Page 230 X-ray extinction in crystals containing dislocation structures......Page 232 Dislocation-induced X-ray extinction changes in hexagonal crystals......Page 236 Crystalline microstructure of zinc oxide powder produced by spray pyrolysis......Page 240 Planer-program for displaying plane group geometry......Page 244 XRD analysis of coarse crystalline materials......Page 248 The evolution of substructure in 50%Ni+50%Nb powder mixture during ball milling......Page 254 Structure of Fe2Ti crystallized from amorphous Al-Fe-Ti alloy obtained by mechanical alloying......Page 258 On the relation of the structure defects and the interatomic distances in the selected tio- and seleno-spinels......Page 262 Neutron texture analysis of CuAlZnMn shape memory alloy in phase transitions......Page 266 TEM and SEM investigations of recrystallization process in FCC single crystals......Page 270 Recrystallization texture formation in Cu-3.9Si alloy......Page 274 The effect of phase transformations on texture development in duplex steel......Page 278 Texture and directional anisotropy of elastic constants in TiN coatings......Page 284 Interface microstructure in ferritic/austenitic stainless steel bicrystals......Page 290 Material structure: metals ceramic polymers amorphous materials nanomaterials and thin films......Page 296 Studies on annealing processes of amorphous materials by RDF and Rietveld refinement methods......Page 298 Preparation of silver ion conducting polycrystals by mechanical milling process......Page 303 Bi2O3 modification with Sb2O3 in ZnO varistor ceramics......Page 308 Surface roughness of Si crystals with SiO2 overlayer......Page 312 X-ray investigation of lutetium oxide nanostructured material......Page 317 Retained austenite determination in rolling bearings......Page 321 Test of a confocal multilayer X-ray optic......Page 326 Structure formation of surface diffusion layers in cold deformed iron-based alloys under saturation by nitrogen and carbon......Page 329 X-ray AFM and BET studies of discontinuous gold films deposited on glass......Page 333 Crystallisation of amorphous alloys of FeXSi13B9 (X = Cr Zr) type......Page 337 Electron microscopy and Mossbauer studies of the microstructure in the nanocrystalline Fe74Cu1Nb3Si12B10 alloy......Page 341 Irregular magnetic behaviour of a FeNiCr alloy......Page 345 Modification of surface structure of NiTi shape memory alloys......Page 350 "In situ" Auger electron spectroscopy applied to study the change of surface of TiNi alloy in nitrogen atmosphere at low pressure and at room temperature......Page 355 Structure of precipitates in 6000 series aluminium alloys containing copper......Page 361 Instability of phases in rapid solidified Al70Cu15Ni15 alloys......Page 365 Phase analysis of AIN-SiC system synthesized using SHS method......Page 369 The efffect of maleate esters on polymorphism of isotactic polypropylene......Page 373 On the relation of the sine-Gordon equation and the magnetic order parameter expressed as a section of a fibre bundle......Page 377 Disorder in clathrate thermoelectrics......Page 383 TEM and X-ray diffraction studies of structure changes during mechanical alloying of TiAl and TiAIMn alloys......Page 385 Application of TEM microdiffraction technique in analysis of precipitates in aged AlCuMgAg alloys......Page 389 HRXRD and TEM studies of 8-InAs and As-cluster superlattices in GaAs grown at low temperature......Page 393 Evolution of the crystallization and magnetic behavior of the Fe75-xNixSi9B16 amorphous alloys......Page 398 Application of LACBED in structural characterisation of ordered intermetallics with L12 superstructure......Page 404 Early stages of austenite decomposition in Fe-26Ni-2Ti-Mo-Nb steel......Page 409