European Powder Diffraction EPDIC 8: (Volumes 443-444 Materials Science Forum)

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). X-ray powder diffraction is a long-established and invaluable technique which is widely applied to the characterization of crystalline materials. The method has traditionally been used for phase identification, quantitative analysis and for the determination of structural imperfections. In recent years however, its use has been extended into exciting new areas such as the extraction of three-dimensional microstructural properties.

Table of Contents:
Preface Grain Surface Relaxation and Grain Interaction in Powder Diffraction Fundamental Developments in Direct-Space Techniques for Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data Completion of Crystal Structure with Polyhedral Coordination: A New Procedure Calibration of Diffractometers: A Test Method to Monitor the Performance of Instruments Standardisation of X-Ray Powder Diffraction Methods FOX: Modular Approach to Crystal Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction X-Ray Powder Diffraction Study of Atomic Structure of Nanocrystalline SiC and Diamond Materials Quantitative Phase Analysis Using the Rietveld Method - Estimates of Possible Problems Based on Two Interlaboratory Comparisons Planar Disorder Analysis from Powder Diffraction Pattern New Method for Estimation of the Magnesium Fraction in Magnesian Calcite XRD Study of the Nacrite/CsCl/H2O Intercalation Complex X-Ray Scattering from Thin Films and Multilayers The Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Powders from Line Profile Analysis Elastic Behaviour of Thin Stabilized-Zirconia Coatings Characterization of Crystalline Silicon via XRPD Simulation of X-Ray Powder Diffraction Patterns for One-Dimensionally Disordered Crystals Reconstruction of Stress and Composition Profiles from X-Ray Diffraction Experiments — How to Avoid Ghost Stresses? Contrast Factors and Character of Dislocations in Cubic and Hexagonal Crystals Computer Simulation for X-Ray Analysis of Nanostructured Cu Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation The Microstructure of Mechanically Alloyed Nanocrystalline Aluminium-Magnesium Approximate Estimation of Contributions to Pure X-Ray Diffraction Line Profiles from Crystallite Shapes, Sizes and Strains by Analysing Peak Widths Study of Submicrocrystalline Materials by Conventional Powder Diffraction and Diffuse Scattering in Transmitted Wave Thickness Determination of Thin Polycrystalline Films by Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction XRD Line Broadening Analysis with Ball Milled Palladium Line Broadening Analysis Using FullProf*: Determination of Microstructural Properties Line Profile Analysis (LPA) Methods: Systematic Ranking of the Quality of their Basic Assumptions Applicability of the Crystallite Group Method to Fibre Textured Specimens Optimization of X-Ray Pole Figure Measurement Single Reflection Method for Pole-Density Measurements Accounting for Secondary Extinction in Textured Films A Quantitative Basis for Rocking Curve Measurement of Highly Oriented Polycrystalline Thin Films Investigating X-Ray Bragg-Line Displacement as a Technique for Determination of the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Solid Samples Small Angle X-Ray Scattering with Cobalt Radiation for Nanostructure Characterization of Fe-Based Specimen Performance Stability of Microfocusing Source and Multilayer Optics Based X-Ray Diffraction System Fitting of Reciprocal Space Maps of Thin Films with Texture and Stress Analytical Comparison of Parallel Beam and Bragg-Brentano Diffractometer Performances A Simple Analytical Approach to Describe a Beam Conditioning System 128-Channel Silicon Strip Detector Installed at a Powder Diffractometer Future Trends in High Intensity Neutron Powder Diffraction Texture Inheritance in a Zn Protective Layer Effect of Annealing on Structural Properties of Co Thin Films and Co/Cu Multilayers Structure and Phase Composition Study of Thin CdS and CdxZn1-xS Films X-Ray Diffraction Investigation of Electrochemically Deposited Copper Effect of Short-Term Annealing on the Crystalline Structure of Metallic Multilayers with a TiB2 Anti-Diffusion Layer on GaAs Substrate Phase Transformations in Metallic Glasses Non-Crystallographic Nanopores in Single Crystals: A New Approach in Nanomaterials Chemistry Self-Organization in Semifluorinated Polymers Structure of Zr52Ti5Cu18Ni15Al10 Bulk Metallic Glass at Elevated Temperatures Magnetic Neutron Scattering from the Rare-Earth Intermetallic Compound System R3Pd20Si6 (R = Rare Earth) On the Development of Copper Textures – Neutron Diffraction Control over a Period of 12 Years – Texture Analysis of Nanostructured Metals Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation In Situ and Ex Situ Observation of the Ordering Kinetics in Ni1.50Sn Small-Angle Neutron Scattering in F.C.C. Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-C Alloys Distributions of Domain Size, Lattice Distortion and Dislocation Density in Tubes of Zr-Based Alloys Studied by a Method Combining X-Ray Line Profile Analysis with Texture Measurements New Principles of the Substructure Development in Metal Materials under Plastic Deformation, Revealed by Advanced X-Ray Methods Neutron Diffraction Study on Intermetallic Er5Mg24 and Tm5Mg24 Quantitative Texture Analysis and Phase Fraction of Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys by Means of Neutron Diffraction Structure Relations and XRD Patterns of the Disorder-Order Transition of Metastable RE2TM17 Alloys Neutron and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Piezoelectric Materials under Non-Ambient Conditions Synthesis and Characterization of Al, Y, Co and Cr Substituted Ultrafine Powder of NiFe2O4 Order-Disorder Phase Transition in NaBD4 Kinetics of the Decomposition of Crocidolite Asbestos: A Preliminary Real-Time X-Ray Powder Diffraction Study Sorbate Rearrangement and Cation Migration in HFC-134 Loaded NaY Zeolite: a Temperature Dependent Synchrotron Powder Diffraction Study Kinetical Investigations on Lamellar CalciumAluminateChromateHydrates with High Speed Detector Features of Crystal Structure and Ferroelectric Phase Transitions of KTiOPO4 Doped with Nb and Sb Synthesis, Properties and Characterisation of Manganeous Layered Double Hydroxides Using In Situ X-Ray Techniques Phase Transformations in Li-Mn-O Spinels Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method Influence of the Dehydration on Location of Both Sodium and Calcium Cations in 5A Zeolite – An In Situ X-Ray Diffraction Study Calcination of ZSM-5. An In Situ Synchrotron Powder Diffraction Study Structural Studies of the Spinel System GaxCoFe1-xCrO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) by Neutron Powder Diffraction Synthesis and Ab Initio Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data of K4Sn2Si6O18 Ab Initio Determination of a New Complex Structure (55 Non-Hydrogen Atoms) from Synchrotron Powder Data: An Uncommon Nickel Succinate, Ni7(C4H4O4)4(OH)6(H2O)3•7H2O Structural Study of a High Ionic Conductor Rb4Cu16I7.2Cl12.8 The Hunt for Hydrogen in the High-Pressure Phase of Ca(OH)2 and Ca(OD)2: Neutrons Versus X-Rays The Structure Investigation of Copper, Nickel and Iron Hexacyanometalates from Conventional X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data Location of Water and p-Xylene Molecules Adsorbed on Hydrated Zeolite BaX – A Low-Temperature Neutron Powder Diffraction Study Neutron Powder Diffraction Investigation of Pd2.7Ni0.3P0.94 The Pauling File The Effect of Varying Ca-Content on the Structure of High-Tc Superconductor (CaxLa1-x)(Ba1.75-xLa0.25+x)Cu3O7-δ (x = 0.5, 0.6, and 0.8) Studied by Neutron Powder Diffraction Synthesis, Cation Distribution and Crystal Structure of the Spinel System ZnxNi1-xFeCrO4 (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) Influence of the Cation Distribution on the Physical Properties of the Diluted Magnetics Li1.33Ti1.67O4/Co2TiO4 Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Double Perovskite Ca2-xSrxMnWO6 (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) Low Temperature Magnetic Structure of CrNiAs A Neutron Diffraction Study of Magnetically Ordered Ferroelectric Materials The Evolution of the Antiferromagnetic Structure of the Terbium Titanium Oxysulfide Tb2Ti2S2O5 between 5K and 1.4K Presence of a Spin Glass State in Antiferromagnetic Tb2CuIn3 Temperature Dependence of Lattice Parameters in Martensite and Effect of the External Magnetic Field on Martensite Structure in Ni2MnGa Studied In-Situ with Neutron Diffraction Thermal Expansion and Excess Properties of Åkermanite-Gehlenite Synthetic Solid Solution Series Indinavir: A Rare Urinary Stone in HIV-1-Infected Patients – Occurrence and Crystal Properties Docetaxel (Taxotere® Trihydrate) Forms: Crystal Structure Determination from XRPD & XRSCD Data