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Before you begin reading these slides or
performing this analysis
You could record the Gauss and Lorentz coefficients from the
Instrument Standard field and them enter into every new document
If you are not sharing a computer and only use one instrument with one
configuration, you could also save them as defaults in the menu Customize >
Defaults
3600
In the data shown to the
right, there is a small 1600
impurity phase
The peak from this phase is 400
1.16
plot
0.87
phase 0.00
The advantage to
3600
fitting)
1.16
0.87
0.58
0.29
0.00
In the Object Inspector, you can see peak information for the
peak breadth B
HighScore Plus uses breadth instead of FWHM for LP analysis
Calculations use the Structural Breadth
Obs B is the breadth of the experimental diffraction peak for the sample
being analyzed
Inst B is the breadth calculated from the LP Analysis Standard created
when the calibration data was used to analyze the instrument profile
Struct B is the peak broadening due to the sample
Struct B= Obs B Inst B
The Breadth is reported as three components
B is the overall breadth of the entire peak
Lorentz B is the breadth of the Lorentzian component of the peak
Gauss B is the breadth of the Gaussian component of the peak
The values Crystallite Size and Microstrain are calculated using a less
conventional shape deconvolution
The assumption is that all Crystallite Size broadening has as Lorentzian shape and that all
Microstrain broadening has a Gaussian shape
Therefore, it is assumed that
Struct Lorentz B quantifies the peak broadening due to crystallite size and can be
used in the Scherrer equation to determine the crystallite size
Struct Gauss B quantifies the peak broadening due to microstrain
This analysis might be valid if there is low dislocation density in the sample
Dislocations area type of Microstrain broadening that have a Lorentzian shape profile
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75
Size []: 43(4) Sin(Theta)
Strain [%]: -0.2(2)
Williamson-Hall Plot
Williamson-Hall Plot
2.1
2.2
2
2
Size and Strain
1.9
1.8
Strain Only 1.8
1.7
1.6 1.6
Struct. B * Cos(Theta)
1.5
Struct. B * Cos(Theta)
1.4 1.4
1.2 1.3
1.2
1 1.1
1
0.8
0.9
0.6 0.8
0.7
0.4 0.6
0.5
0.2
0.4
0 0.3
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8
Sin(Theta) Sin(Theta)
Size []: 278(114)
Strain [%]: 1.18(5)
Strain [%]: 1.00(2)
Chi square: 0.062
Chi square: 0.058
This does not necessarily mean that there is no crystallite size broadening, just that
it cannot be quantified because it is overwhelmed by the amount of microstrain
broadening
Scott A Speakman, Ph.D.
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speakman@mit.edu