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Determination of Mica Cell Parameters by X-Ray Powder Diffractometry — A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

W. B. Stern
W. B. Stern
Affiliation:
Geochemmical Laboratory, Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography, Basel University, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Abstract

Possibilities and restrictions of least-square methods for mica cell refinement are briefly described. If diffractometric raw data are precise and accurate, and if geometrical errors are properly corrected, a cell refinement (determination of ao, bo, cO, β) can be carried out rapidly, but the reliability of obtained data has to be evaluated carefully.

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Research Article
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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