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ISSN: 1600-5767

December 1999 issue


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Cover illustration: Simulated diffraction pattern for a two-dimensionally disordered decasil (porous SiO2) calculated using a fast recursive algorithm. The plane is perpendicular to c with the reciprocal index l = 1; the error probability is 0.5 and the intensities are scaled to 25% of the highest value. Courtesy of Peter Daniels.

research papers


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1033-1038
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899006755
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A new electron diffractometer for precise measurement of diffraction patterns has been developed. The accuracy of the measurements was checked by a comparison with Hartree–Fock calculations.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1039-1049
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899009887
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Effective pair interaction potentials of Co–Pt alloy have been obtained from X-ray diffuse scattering measurements on short-range ordered Co3Pt and Co65Pt35 single crystals.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1050-1059
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010237
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Scattering intensity in the azimuthal plane for crystals with one and two sets of different-type dislocation walls, causing local rotations in the lattice, was analysed. The conditions necessary for the splitting of the reflection into spikes during a high extent of deformation are considered.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1060-1068
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010286
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A detailed X-ray line-profile analysis is presented on five compositions of Pb–Sn alloys in the face-centred cubic (f.c.c.) α phase.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1069-1083
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010560
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A model-independent maximum-entropy method is presented which can be used to extract structural information from small-angle X-ray diffraction data of disordered systems. The method is explicitly applied to perfluorinated ionomer membranes and liquid-crystalline polymers.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1084-1089
doi: 10.1107/S002188989901064X
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The first refinement of a protein crystal structure using a combination of high-resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data and stereochemical restraints is described. The resulting crystal structure for metmyoglobin is in accord with previous single-crystal determinations.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1090-1099
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010675

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1100-1104
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010869
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The analytic expression for the correlation function of the cuboid with edges a, b, c is calculated, based on the chord-length distribution of this figure. Different checks (scattering intensity, invariant, asymptotic expansion of the scattering intensity) are performed to validate the result.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1105-1118
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010870
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The orientation relationship between Al6Mn precipitates that form during continuous recrystallization of supersaturated Al–1.3% Mn and the Al matrix are analysed by means of transmission electron microscopy and selected-area diffraction.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1119-1126
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010924
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X-ray reticulography displayed the two-dimensional pattern of slight doming of lattice planes in the central surface area of a mesa generated by a localized implant of fluorine ions of 17 MeV energy. Large radii of curvature of lattice planes were reliably measured under conditions when two-beam optical interferometry revealed no departure from flatness of the crystal surface.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1127-1133
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010961
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A method avoiding specimen rotation is developed for determining local crystal orientations in heterogeneous materials such as wood. Equations are derived and data evaluation procedures are described.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1134-1144
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899011103
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The structural properties of (001)- and (111)-oriented p+-type porous silicon samples have been investigated using X-ray techniques.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1145-1151
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899011462
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A parallel-slit analyzer has been developed for the purpose of lowering tails in diffraction profiles. It is shown that textured and roughened surfaces of foil materials are considered effective for depressing total reflection effects from the surfaces, and consequently for lowering the tails of diffraction peaks.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1152-1156
doi: 10.1107/S002188989901184X
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The optimization of parameters for BBB X-ray interferometers is discussed and a new geometric layout, designed for detailed investigations of intrinsic interference patterns, is presented. The gravitational force acting on the interferometer is shown to result in built-in interference fringes.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1157-1163
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899009991
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Inelastic neutron scattering has been measured for various materials that can be used as incoherent-scattering calibrants in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements. The apparent discrepancies in intensity measurements using different detectors are explained by the combination of extensive inelastic scattering and wavelength-dependent detector efficiency.

teaching and education


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1164-1168
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899011152
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A series of interactive Java applets accessible on the web are presented with the aim to illustrate and facilitate the understanding of symmetry and diffraction concepts.

computer programs


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1169-1179
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899009930
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A fast direct-space method for crystal structure determination from powder diffraction patterns has been implemented within the Cerius2 (Molecular Simulations Inc.) molecular-modelling package. For structure solution, it employs a simulated-annealing algorithm in combination with rigid-body Rietveld refinement.

laboratory notes


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1180-1182
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010821
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The phasing power of Fe within [FeS] clusters was extended from 4 to 2.5 Å resolution by placing model [4Fe4S] clusters at the locations of the 4-Fe superatoms used for low-resolution phasing.

J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1183-1185
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899010833
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Simple modifications to a MAR 345 detector which facilitate the collection of very low resolution data are described. With these modifications, the lowest order reflections from a poliovirus crystal (c = 377.1 Å) were observed, and measurement of all reflections in typical protein cells should be routine.

fast communications


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1186-1189
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899011577
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The structural evolution of LiMn2O4 spinel has been followed from 320 K down to 10 K.

computer program abstracts


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1190
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899006949
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A simple Unix script for accessing the Protein Data Bank's anonymous ftp server is described.

crystallographers


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1190
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899014764

international union of crystallography


J. Appl. Cryst. (1999). 32, 1191-1192
doi: 10.1107/S0021889899013977
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