Addressing the amorphous content issue in quantitative phase analysis: The certification of NIST standard reference material 676a

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-367

  Cline, James P ^a   Von Dreele, Robert B ^b   Winburn, Ryan ^c   Stephens, Peter W ^d   Filliben, James J ^a  

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

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alumina; amorphous content; phase purity; powder diffraction; quantitative phase analysis; standard reference material

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959545864     PISSN: 01087673     EISSN: 16005724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0108767311014565     Document Type: Article

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