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An Excel macro for transforming X-ray powder diffraction data to spreadsheet format

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Tapan Chakrabarty ,
Dave W. Webb  and
John M. Longo
Tapan Chakrabarty
Affiliation:
Imperial Oil Resources Limited, Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta T2L 2K8, Canada
Dave W. Webb
Affiliation:
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas 77252, USA
John M. Longo
Affiliation:
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas 77252, USA
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Abstract

An Excel command macro has been developed which directly transforms X-ray powder diffraction data to a spreadsheet format. This spreadsheet format offers a number of data reduction and plotting capabilities not available in a diffractometer's software. The conventional approach uses computer programs to transform the data outside a spreadsheet. The development of these programs is not a simple process, and requires the user to be familiar with computer programming and the software of a diffractometer. Furthermore, these programs are diffractometer-specific. A different approach is followed in which an Excel macro transforms the data within a spreadsheet. This macro, with minor modifications, can be applied generally to treat data from any diffractometer. A copy of the macro and an example illustrating its working principle are included.

Type
Research Article
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 160 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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