Calculations of Powder Diffraction Patterns of Salts using Matlab
Start Date
29-4-2022 3:45 PM
Location
Alter Hall Poster Session 2 - 2nd floor
Abstract
An x-ray diffractometer is a device that directs x-rays into a powdered crystalline material to determine some fundamental characteristics of the material. One of the main uses of this device is to produce a diffraction pattern, which allows us to determine atomic positions within a crystal. Due to errors that occur in the x-ray diffraction process the exact diffraction pattern can not be measured. The aim of this research is to develop a program that will measure the diffraction patterns of different types of crystalline structures. For the purpose of this research salts, such as sodium and potassium chloride, were examined. From the comparison of the diffraction patterns generated by the program and the one found using the x-ray diffractometer, we could determine that some intensity of the diffracted light was lost for certain peaks in the diffraction patterns.
Calculations of Powder Diffraction Patterns of Salts using Matlab
Alter Hall Poster Session 2 - 2nd floor
An x-ray diffractometer is a device that directs x-rays into a powdered crystalline material to determine some fundamental characteristics of the material. One of the main uses of this device is to produce a diffraction pattern, which allows us to determine atomic positions within a crystal. Due to errors that occur in the x-ray diffraction process the exact diffraction pattern can not be measured. The aim of this research is to develop a program that will measure the diffraction patterns of different types of crystalline structures. For the purpose of this research salts, such as sodium and potassium chloride, were examined. From the comparison of the diffraction patterns generated by the program and the one found using the x-ray diffractometer, we could determine that some intensity of the diffracted light was lost for certain peaks in the diffraction patterns.
