文档介绍：Powder Diffraction
Theory and Practice
Dedication
This book is dedicated to our wives and children: Natalia, Alexander,
Maximilian, Debby, Ian, Isabel, and Sophie.
Powder Diffraction
Theory and Practice
Edited by
Robert E. Dinnebier
Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
Simon J. L. Billinge
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, USA
ISBN: 978 0 85404 231 9
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Preface
Knowledge of the atomic scale geometrical structure of matter is a prerequisite
for understanding and predicting the properties of technologically and scienti-
fically important materials. The geometrical structure of a material does not
only consist of the time and space averaged periodic conformation of atoms in
an idealized crystal lattice but also the microstructure caused by imperfections,
dislocations, and all kinds of diso