can you please send me the soft copy of the paper you referred to. We don't have access to that journal...
very much sincerely yours venkat ................................................................................ From: Armel Le Bail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:49:42 +0100 > >I'd have to disagree on this point - troublemaker I suppose! I've > >followed the work by Langford and Louer closely, and have successfully > >applied their techniques > > I do not understand on what point exactly you disagree. > The cited paper about size effect in nickel hydroxyde > is co-authored by D. Louer, and may still seem kosher to him ;-). > The full reference is : > > A. Le Bail and D. Louër. J. Appl. Cryst. (1978). 11, 50-55 > [doi:10.1107/S0021889878012662] > Title: Smoothing and validity of crystallite-size distributions from > X-ray line-profile analysis Abstract: A smoothing procedure is > described which eliminates spurious details on crystallite-size > distribution functions deduced from X-ray line profiles. It is based > on a least-squares process with a stabilization scheme and is > applied to composite specimens prepared by mixing known quantities > of samples of nickel hydroxide, whose crystallite size-distribution > functions were previously determined. Calculated and observed > distributions and average sizes are compared. The results are > reasonably good and show the self-consistency of the method. > > Best regards, > > Armel ------- End of Original Message -------