
%0 Journal Article
%A K Smith, Deane 
%A G Johnson Jr, Gerald 
%A M Wims, Andrew 
%T Use of Full Diffraction Spectra, Both Experimental and Calculated, in Quantitative Powder Diffraction Analysis
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1988/04/01
%V 41
%N 2
%P 311-322
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH880311
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH880311 
%X The use of the full powder diffraction trace over a selected diffraction range for quantitative analysis has advantages over using single peaks in that it compensates for the effects of peak overlap and low levels of preferred orientation. Using a data base composed of experimental and calculated traces, the phase composition of an unknown may be determined by determining the least-squares best-fit sum of the appropriate data base patterns to the pattern of the unknown. Weight fractions are calculated from the pattern weighting factors using the reference-intensity-ratio method. 
