RE: Standards, Rietveld Bragg R and background
VONDREELE@mist.lansce.lanl.gov
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:26:35 -0600 (MDT)
To all,
In case any one was wondering...
>Then, if I am not wrong, I have one question : who invented the
>total Rp and Rwp factors ?-) I suspect that they were invented
>by error or just for an endless discussion about their absence of
>meaning regarding the crystal structure...
These things were originally described by Hugo Rietveld. Rpw in particular is
statistically "unassailable" as it is directly linked to the function that is
minimized in a Rietveld Refinement.
Bob Von Dreele