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Robert Dinnebier1, Paolo Scardi2
1Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany.
Abstract:
This article is the second part of a series dealing with the description and visualization of mathematical functions used to describe a powder diffraction pattern for teaching and education purposes. The first part dealt with the instrumental and sample contributions to the profile of a Bragg peak [Dinnebier & Scardi (2021 ▸). J. Appl. Cryst. 54, 1811-1831]. The second part, here, deals with the mathematics and physics of the intensity in X-ray powder diffraction. Scholarly scripts are again provided using the Wolfram language in Mathematica.
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