An mtz file gives you a list of reflection related things . From this list you can calculate an electron density map.
>From this map you can extract density values, but you probably will want to use some software to do this - counting numbers would become tedious! Eleanor On 28 August 2014 15:49, Alejandro Virrueta <alejandro.virru...@yale.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to crystallography refinement, and I have a question (I'm sorry > in advance if it is a stupid one): > > Is it possible to extract all the density values (observed and > model-computed) from an mtz file? I need this information in order to > quantify the volumes of the difference regions (peaks and holes). > > Thanks, > Alex >