Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General principles of X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD)
5 Meaning of the word "powder" in terms of X-ray diffraction
6 Characteristics of powder diffraction line profiles
7 Types of analysis
7.1 General
7.2 Phase identification (also referred to as
"qualitative phase analysis")
7.3 Quantitative phase analysis
7.4 Estimation of the crystalline and amorphous fractions
7.5 Determination of lattice parameters
7.6 Determination of crystal structures
7.7 Refinement of crystal structures
7.8 Characterisation of crystallographic texture
7.9 Macrostress determination
7.10 Analysis of crystallite size and microstrain
7.10.1 General
7.10.2 Determination of crystallite size (size of
coherently scattering domains)
7.10.3 Determination of microstrains
7.11 Electron radial distribution function (RDF)
8 Special experimental conditions
Annex A (informative) Relationships between XRPD standards
Bibliography