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X. Bokhimi ( (no email) )
Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:22:35 -0500

The crystalline structure of nanostructured systems can be refined without
difficulty by using the Rietveld technique. For example:

1. Crystalline Structure of MgO Prepared by the Sol-Gel Technique with
Different Hydrolysis Catalysts, J. Solid State Chem. Vol. 115, 411 (1995);

2. Effect of Hydrolysis Catalyst on the Ti Deficiency and Crystallite Size
of Sol-Gel-TiO2 Crystalline Phases,J. Mater. Res. Vol. 10, 2788 (1995);

3. Microstructural Characteristics of Chemically Processed Nanostructured
Fibrous Manganese Oxide, Acta Materialia Vol.45, 1685-1693 (1997).=20

4. Rietveld Refinement of Nanocrystalline Phases, Bokhimi et al.
Nanostructured Materials Vol. 9, pp. 315-318 (1997).

When the crystallography of the system is well known, the refinement of
the crystalline structure of the phases in the samples does not present any
problem when they are nonastructured.=20

In the case of alumina system, the different phases that appear are not
well understood, which difficulties their refinement; but for refining the
crystalline structure of alumina phases, the paper of Snyder, cited by by
Linda B. Mansker, is a good starting reference.

X. Bokhimi
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