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Determination of the particle sizes, microstrains, and degree of inhomogeneity in nanostructured materials from X-ray diffraction data

  • Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the European Ceramic Society “Structural Chemistry of Partially Ordered Systems, Nanoparticles, and Nanocomposites” (St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27–29, 2006)
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The mean particle size, the microstrains, and the degree of inhomogeneity in compacted and dispersed nanostructured materials are determined from the broadening of diffraction reflections. A method is described for separating the contributions from the small size of particles, the microstrains, and the inhomogeneity of materials to the broadening. The application of the proposed method is illustrated using a nanocrystalline powder of tungsten carbide WC.

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kurlov, A.I. Gusev, 2007, published in Fizika i Khimiya Stekla.

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Kurlov, A.S., Gusev, A.I. Determination of the particle sizes, microstrains, and degree of inhomogeneity in nanostructured materials from X-ray diffraction data. Glass Phys Chem 33, 276–282 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659607030169

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