Further X-Ray Studies of Gutta-Percha and Balata

1931 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-449
Author(s):  
Charles W. Stillwell ◽  
George L. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Diffraction Pattern ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Beta Form ◽  
Gutta Percha ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Crystalline Forms

Abstract New x-ray diffraction data for gutta-percha and balata are given and considered in the light of von Susich's recent conclusion that these substances are identical and exist in two crystalline forms. The data also support the assumption that gutta-percha is a mixture of balata and another crystalline constituent, an assumption that is in some respects preferable to that of von Susich. Although the relation between gutta-percha and balata has been established and there may be no ultimate difference between them, it is pointed out that the majority of specimens examined of material classified commercially as balata produce a diffraction pattern different from that of gutta-percha, a fact of practical significance. THERE has been considerable disagreement as to the significance of x-ray diffraction data for gutta-percha and balata as reported by different investigators. The main point at issue has been the fundamental difference between gutta-percha and balata. Clark (1) and Hauser (2) have obtained different diffraction patterns for the two when unstretched, while Hauser has found them to be the same when stretched. Von Susich (3) has recently done much to clarify the problem. He reaches the conclusion, as a result of x-ray diffraction data, that gutta-percha and balata are identical, and that the substance exists in two different crystalline modifications, the alpha form being stable below about 60° C. and changing to the beta form when heated above this temperature. Of course, this at once explains Hauser's results, since the specimens were doubtless heated above 60° C. when stretched and would then show the beta pattern.

scholarly journals Born out of Fire and Ice: Polymorph Studies of the Antiviral Famciclovir

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Liana Vella-Zarb ◽  
Ulrich Baisch
Keyword(s):  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Crystal Form ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Crystal Forms ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Crystalline Forms

There is much interest and focus on solid forms of famciclovir. However, in spite of the abundance of reported differences in oral bioavailability, compressibility, and other physical–chemical properties of the various crystal forms of this drug, very little precise structural analysis is available in the literature to date. The form used in the commercial formulation is the anhydrous form I. Patents and patent applications report three different anhydrous crystalline forms on the basis of unindexed powder diffraction patterns. Single-crystal and variable-temperature X-ray diffraction experiments using the commercially available anhydrous form of famciclovir were carried out and led not only to the crystal structure determination of the anhydrous form I, but also to discovery of a new crystal form of anhydrous famciclovir from powder data.

scholarly journals The 3D structure of fibrous material is fully restorable from its X-ray diffraction pattern

IUCrJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Iwamoto
Keyword(s):  
Diffraction Pattern ◽  
Fibrous Material ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Fibrous Materials ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fiber Diffraction ◽  
Puzzle Solving ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

X-ray fiber diffraction is potentially a powerful technique to study the structure of fibrous materials, such as DNA and synthetic polymers. However, only rotationally averaged diffraction patterns can be recorded and it is difficult to correctly interpret them without the knowledge of esoteric diffraction theories. Here we demonstrate that, in principle, the non-rotationally averaged 3D structure of a fibrous material can be restored from its fiber diffraction pattern. The method is a simple puzzle-solving process and in ideal cases it does not require any prior knowledge about the structure, such as helical symmetry. We believe that the proposed method has a potential to transform the fiber diffraction to a 3D imaging technique, and will be useful for a wide field of life and materials sciences.

The Structure of Polyisoprenes. II. The Structure of β-Gutta-Percha

1945 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-283
Author(s):  
G. A. Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Double Bond ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Interatomic Distances ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Gutta Percha ◽  
Qualitative Estimate

Abstract The x-ray diffraction data at present available from β-gutta-percha are shown to be insufficient to distinguish fine details of molecular structure. Since a qualitative estimate of the intensities on the fibre diagram can be adequately satisfied by a model having normal interatomic distances and valency angles, no evidence exists for the improbable distortion of the methyl group out of the plane of the double bond previously ascribed to the molecule.

IDATENandG-SITENNO: GUI-assisted software for coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiments and data analyses at SACLA

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1378-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Sekiguchi ◽  
Masaki Yamamoto ◽  
Tomotaka Oroguchi ◽  
Yuki Takayama ◽  
Shigeyuki Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Sample Position ◽  
Diffraction Imaging ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Ccd Detectors

Using our custom-made diffraction apparatus KOTOBUKI-1 and two multiport CCD detectors, cryogenic coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiments have been undertaken at the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) facility. To efficiently perform experiments and data processing, two software suites with user-friendly graphical user interfaces have been developed. The first is a program suite namedIDATEN, which was developed to easily conduct four procedures during experiments: aligning KOTOBUKI-1, loading a flash-cooled sample into the cryogenic goniometer stage inside the vacuum chamber of KOTOBUKI-1, adjusting the sample position with respect to the X-ray beam using a pair of telescopes, and collecting diffraction data by raster scanning the sample with X-ray pulses. NamedG-SITENNO, the other suite is an automated version of the originalSITENNOsuite, which was designed for processing diffraction data. These user-friendly software suites are now indispensable for collecting a large number of diffraction patterns and for processing the diffraction patterns immediately after collecting data within a limited beam time.

The X-Ray Powder Diffraction Patterns and Crystal Structure for Al2M3Y(M=Cu, Ni)

2014 ◽  
Vol 950 ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
De Gui Li ◽  
Ming Qin ◽  
Liu Qing Liang ◽  
Zhao Lu ◽  
Shu Hui Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Hexagonal Structure ◽  
Argon Atmosphere ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
High Quality ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Arc Melting ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

The Al2M3Y(M=Cu, Ni) compound was synthesized by arc melting under argon atmosphere. The high-quality powder X-ray diffraction data of Al2M3Y have been presented. The refinement of the X-ray diffraction patterns for the Al2M3Y compound show that the Al2M3Y has hexagonal structure, space groupP6/mmm(No.191), with a = b = 5.1618(2) Å, c = 4.1434(1) Å,V= 95.6 Å3,Z= 1,ڑx= 5.7922 g/cm3,F30= 155.5(0.0057, 34), RIR = 2.31 for Al2Cu3Y, and with a = b = 5.0399(1) Å, c = 4.0726(1) Å,V= 89.59 Å3,Z= 1,ڑx= 5.9118 g/cm3,F30= 135.7(0.0072, 30), RIR = 2.54 for Al2Ni3Y.

Identification of Different Crystalline Forms of Diatrizoic Acid

1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Victor A Folen ◽  
George Schwartzman ◽  
Millard Maienthal ◽  
Wilson L Brannon
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reference Standard ◽  
Thermal Gravimetric ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
No Weight Loss ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Crystalline Forms ◽  
Reference Samples

Abstract Standard reference samples of diatrizoic acid gave 2 different infrared (IR) spectra, x-ray diffraction patterns, and differential thermal and thermal gravimetric curves. One form, the anhydrous acid, shows no weight loss when heated to 170°C. The other form, the dihydrate, loses 5.36% of its weight when heated from 86 to 144°C. The anhydrous diatrizoic acid is the preferred reference standard, because it has an IR spectrum and x-ray diffraction pattern suitable for identification purposes.

X-ray powder diffraction data for compound DyNiSn

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
Liangqin Nong ◽  
Lingmin Zeng ◽  
Jianmin Hao
Keyword(s):  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

The compound DyNiSn has been studied by X-ray powder diffraction. The X-ray diffraction patterns for this compound at room temperature are reported. DyNiSn is orthorhombic with lattice parameters a=7.1018(1) Å, b=7.6599(2) Å, c=4.4461(2) Å, space group Pna21 and 4 formula units of DyNiSn in unit cell. The Smith and Snyder Figure-of-Merit F30 for this powder pattern is 26.7(0.0178,63).

scholarly journals The crystal structures of two polyamides (‘nylons’)

1947 ◽  
Vol 189 (1016) ◽  
pp. 39-68 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Chain Molecule ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Dimensions ◽  
C Fibre ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Unit Cell Dimensions ◽  
Crystalline Forms

Detailed interpretations of the X -ray diffraction patterns of fibres and sheets of 66 and 6.10 polyamides (polyhexam ethylene adipamide and sebacamide respectively) are proposed. The crystal structures of the two substances are completely analogous. Fibres of these two polyam ides usually contain two different crystalline forms, α and β, which are different packings of geometrically similar molecules; most fibres consist chiefly of the α form. In the case of the 66 polymer, fibres have been obtained in which there is no detectable proportion of the β form. Unit cell dimensions and the indices of reflexions for the α form were determined by trial, using normal fibre photographs, and were checked by using doubly oriented sheets set at different angles to the X -ray beam. The unit cell of the a form is triclinic, with a — 4·9 A, b = 5·4 A, c (fibre axis) = 17·2A, α = 48 1/2º, β = 77º, γ = 63 1/2º for the 66 polymer; a = 4·95A, b = 5·4A, c (fibre axes) = 22·4A, α = 49º, β = 76 1/2º, γ = 63 1/2º for the 6.10 polymer. One chain molecule passes through the cell in both cases. Atomic coordinates in occrystals were determined by interpretation of the relative intensities of the reflexions. The chains are planar or very nearly so; the oxygen atoms appear to lie a little off the plane of the chain. The molecules are linked by hydrogen bonds between C = 0 and NH groups, to form sheets. A simple packing of these sheets of molecules gives the α arrangement.

Powder X-Ray Data for Synthetic Anhydrous Sodium Zirconium Silicates

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Wilson ◽  
F. P. Glasser
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Diffraction Pattern ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Solid State Reaction ◽  
The Other ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Powder Diffraction File ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Sodium Zirconium ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

AbstractA systematic survey of phase formation in the Na2O-ZrO2-SiO2 system has revealed inconsistencies in the number and identity of ternary phases, and of their X-ray powder data. The phases Na2ZrSiO5, Na4Zr2Si3O12, Na2ZrSi2O7 and Na2ZrSi4O11 were prepared by solid-state reaction and their experimental X-ray diffraction patterns measured. Calculated X-ray diffraction patterns were generated by computer, using published crystallographic data, and critically compared with the experimentally observed values. The unit-cell constants were redefined to a greater accuracy than the presently accepted values published in the Powder Diffraction File. Only Na4Zr2Si3O12 produced an X-ray diffraction pattern which agreed with that previously published; those from the other phases were significantly different in both the intensities and positions of the reflections. Data for synthetic Na2ZrSi4O11 identical to the mineral vlasovite are reported.

A complex pseudo-decagonal quasicrystal approximant, Al37(Co,Ni)15.5, solved by rotation electron diffraction

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devinder Singh ◽  
Yifeng Yun ◽  
Wei Wan ◽  
Benjamin Grushko ◽  
Xiaodong Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Electron Diffraction Data ◽  
Dimensional Electron ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Electron diffraction is a complementary technique to single-crystal X-ray diffraction and powder X-ray diffraction for structure solution of unknown crystals. Crystals too small to be studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction or too complex to be solved by powder X-ray diffraction can be studied by electron diffraction. The main drawbacks of electron diffraction have been the difficulties in collecting complete three-dimensional electron diffraction data by conventional electron diffraction methods and the very time-consuming data collection. In addition, the intensities of electron diffraction suffer from dynamical scattering. Recently, a new electron diffraction method, rotation electron diffraction (RED), was developed, which can overcome the drawbacks and reduce dynamical effects. A complete three-dimensional electron diffraction data set can be collected from a sub-micrometre-sized single crystal in less than 2 h. Here the RED method is applied forab initiostructure determination of an unknown complex intermetallic phase, the pseudo-decagonal (PD) quasicrystal approximant Al37.0(Co,Ni)15.5, denoted as PD2. RED shows that the crystal is F-centered, witha= 46.4,b= 64.6,c= 8.2 Å. However, as with other approximants in the PD series, the reflections with oddlindices are much weaker than those withleven, so it was decided to first solve the PD2 structure in the smaller, primitive unit cell. The basic structure of PD2 with unit-cell parametersa= 23.2,b= 32.3,c= 4.1 Å and space groupPnmmhas been solved in the present study. The structure withc= 8.2 Å will be taken up in the near future. The basic structure contains 55 unique atoms (17 Co/Ni and 38 Al) and is one of the most complex structures solved by electron diffraction. PD2 is built of characteristic 2 nm wheel clusters with fivefold rotational symmetry, which agrees with results from high-resolution electron microscopy images. Simulated electron diffraction patterns for the structure model are in good agreement with the experimental electron diffraction patterns obtained by RED.

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