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Accurate Interpretation of Electron Diffraction Data Acquired by Imaging Plates  

Kim, Young-Min (Division of Nano-Material & Environmental Science, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Kim, Youn-Joong (Division of Nano-Material & Environmental Science, Korea Basic Science Institute)
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Applied Microscopy / v.33, no.3, 2003 , pp. 195-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Experimental calibration method has been investigated to correct d-spacing estimation and to identify phases in the electron diffraction data acquired by imaging plates. When the diffraction data from the imaging plate was corrected by the d-spacing calibration method with the radial intensity distribution plotting in this experiment, The accuracy of d-spacing estimation was significantly increased in errors of about 0.5%. The experimental calibration equation followed up the first order exponential decay function was derived from the trace of d-spacing deviation between the measured and the calculated values. It was applied to the analysis of d-spacing and the phase identification of the transitional phases formed from [001] gibbsite specimen by electron beam irradiation effect. In this case more accurate phase identification and d-spacing evaluation is possible for the transitional phases whose diffraction patterns are complicatedly superimposed. It is concluded that ${\chi}$-alumina, ${\gamma}$-alumina and ${\sigma}$-alumina are clearly identified as the major transitional phases formed from gibbsite by electron beam irradiation for 120 min.
Keywords
d-Spacing; Electron diffraction data; Imaging plate; Phase identification;
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