Modern Powder Diffraction, Reviews in Mineralogy: 020 (Reviews in mineralogy)

Volume 20 of Reviews in Mineralogy attempted to: (1) provide examples illustrating the state-of-the-art in powder diffraction, with emphasis on applications to geological materials; (2) describe how to obtain high-quality powder diffraction data; and (3) show how to extract maximum information from available data. In particular, the nonambient experiments are examples of some of the new and exciting areas of study using powder diffraction, and the interested reader is directed to the rapidly growing number of published papers on these subjects. Powder diffraction has evolved to a point where considerable information can be obtained from ug-sized samples, where detection limits are in the hundreds of ppm range, and where useful data can be obtained in milliseconds to microseconds. We hope that the information in this volume will increase the reader's access to the considerable amount of information contained in typical diffraction data.

Volume 20 of Reviews in Mineralogy attempted to: (1) provide examples illustrating the state-of-the-art in powder diffraction, with emphasis on applications to geological materials; (2) describe how to obtain high-quality powder diffraction data; and (3) show how to extract maximum information from available data.

In particular, the nonambient experiments are examples of some of the new and exciting areas of study using powder diffraction, and the interested reader is directed to the rapidly growing number of published papers on these subjects. Powder diffraction has evolved to a point where considerable information can be obtained from ug-sized samples, where detection limits are in the hundreds of ppm range, and where useful data can be obtained in milliseconds to microseconds. We hope that the information in this volume will increase the reader's access to the considerable amount of information contained in typical diffraction data.

Principles Of Powder Diffraction / R.c. Reynolds, Jr. -- Instrumentation / R. Jenkins -- Experimental Procedures / R. Jenkins -- Sample Preparation For X-ray Diffraction / D.l. Bish And R.c. Reynolds, Jr. -- Quantitative Analysis / R.l. Snyder And D.l. Bish -- Diffraction By Small And Disordered Crystals / R.c. Reynolds, Jr. -- Computer Analysis Of Diffraction Data / D.k. Smith -- Profile Fitting Of Powder Diffraction Patterns / S.a. Howard And K.d. Preston --rietveld Refinement Of Crystal Structures Using Powder X-ray Diffraction Data / J.e. Post And D.l. Bish -- Synchrotron Powder Diffraction / L.w. Finger -- Neutron Powder Diffraction / R.b. Von Dreele. D.l. Bish And J.e. Post, Editors. Includes Bibliographies. Copyright; Additional Copies Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PRINCIPLES OF POWDER DIFFRACTION 2. INSTRUMENTATION 3. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES 4. SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR X-RAY DIFFRACTION 5. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS 6. DIFFRACTION BY SMALL AND DISORDERED CRYSTALS 7. COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF DIFFRACTION DATA 8. PROFILE FITTING OF POWDER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS 9. RIETVELD REFINEMENT OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURES USING POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA 10. SYNCHROTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION 11. NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION