Rietveld Refinement of Disordered Illite-Smectite Mixed-Layer Structures by a Recursive Algorithm. II: Powder-Pattern Refinement and Quantitative Phase Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Ufer ◽  
Reinhard Kleeberg ◽  
Jörg Bergmann ◽  
Reiner Dohrmann
2007 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 277-280
Author(s):  
Hanna J. Krztoń

Application of the Rietveld method to quantitative phase analysis of fly ashes from Polish power stations is presented. The calculations of the fractions of crystalline components as well as non crystalline constituents have been done using SIROQUANT TM software. The power of the Rietveld refinement is shown when very small contents of minerals are detected and quantified.


1994 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
Hideo Toraya

Abstract A new procedure for the quantitative phase analysis using the whole–powder–pattern decomposition method has been proposed (Toraya and Tsusaka, 1995). The procedure is based on the determination of the scale factor for the profile intensity of each phase in a mixture, which is identical to the ratio of integrated intensity in a mixture to that of the corresponding reflection in a single component sample. Weight fractious were obtained by solving the simultaneous equations, of which coefficients include the scale factors and the mass absorption coefficients. In a previous study, the mass absorption coefficients were calculated from chemical compositions and u,/p data of respective phases. In the present study, an alternative way of deriving the weight fraction without using the knowledge of chemical composition is proposed.


2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeo Hayashi ◽  
Hideo Toraya

The capability of whole-powder-pattern decomposition in the quantitative phase analysis (QPA) of natural products was investigated using three- to six-component mixtures and pottery bodies. Here, the term pottery body means plastic clay suitable for making pottery and it is compounded of ceramic raw materials. Average errors of the weight fractions for each phase were within 1 weight percent in each mixture of natural products. The amounts of reduced oxides in pottery bodies derived from the X-ray diffraction technique were in good agreement with results obtained by X-ray fluorescence analysis. The present procedure does not require knowledge of crystal structures; it appears adequate for the QPA of natural products.


2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Räth ◽  
L Woodall ◽  
C Deroche ◽  
B Seipel ◽  
F Schwaigerer ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1324-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Toraya

Formulae for estimating statistical uncertainties in quantitative phase analysis using the Rietveld method and the whole-powder-pattern decomposition method have been derived. The relative magnitude of statistical uncertainty for a derived weight fraction of a component in a mixture is given by σ(Wm)/Wm= (1/Wm− 1)1/2F(D\textstyle\sum_{i = 1}^NYoi)−1/2, whereWmis the weight fraction of themth component,Fis the goodness-of-fit index,D(≤1) is a factor depending on the degree of peak overlap, and ∑Yoiis the total sum of profile intensities in the 2θ range used for whole-powder-pattern fitting. If the step width Δ2θ in step scanning is halved, ∑Yoiis almost doubled; on the other hand, ∑Yoiis proportional to the fixed counting timeT. Therefore, σ(Wm)/Wm∝ (Δ2θ/T)1/2. Extension of the 2θ range for whole-powder-pattern fitting towards the high-angle region is not effective for improving the precision of the derived weight fractions if the profile intensities in that region are weak. The formulae provide guidelines for optimizing experimental parameters in order to obtain a required precision.


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