Proceedings of the Physical Society · 1962 · 162 citations · 16 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsOpticsTheoretical PhysicsDiffractionGrain-size AnalysisParticle SizeSize-dependent PropertiesAtomic Line ShapesLine Broadening MechanismsParticle Size CharacterizationParticle Size EstimationSpectral Line Broadening
The mean-square breadth of a deliberately truncated portion of a diffraction line has been suggested as a measure of particle size by Tournarie. Tournarie's theory is generalized to include other causes of line broadening. For small particle size it is shown that the mean-square breadth in 2θ can be expressed in the form
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