Ambiguities in powder indexing: The impact of a quaternary lattice metric singularity on the characterization of Mawsonite and Chatkalite

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 393-399

  Mighell, Alan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguities in powder indexing; Chatkalite; D spacings; Derivative lattices; Indexing programs; Mawsonitc; Powder indexing; Quaternary lattice metric singularity; Specialized lattices

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CHATKALITE; D-SPACINGS; DERIVATIVE LATTICES; INDEXING PROGRAMS; MAWSONITC; POWDER INDEXING; QUATERNARY LATTICE METRIC SINGULARITY; SPECIALIZED LATTICES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33750173965     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: 1044677X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.111.029     Document Type: Article

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