The nature of x-ray scattering from geo-nanoparticles: Practical considerations of the use of the Debye equation and the pair distribution function for structure analysis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 329, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-9

  Harrington, Richard ^a   Neder, Reinhard B ^b   Parise, John B ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debye equation; Ferrihydrite; Nanoparticles; Pair distribution function; PDF; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; BRAGG PEAKS; DEBYE EQUATION; DISCRETE VALUES; FERRIHYDRITES; GRAIN SIZE; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MEDIUM RANGE; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PARTICLE SHAPE; PDF; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTING MODELS; TOTAL SCATTERING;

ATOMS; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; INTERFEROMETRY; MODEL STRUCTURES; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUATION; FERRIHYDRITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866483546     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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