May I have your opinions or suggestions on a problem below?
I already know the XRD pattern of TaO2. Now I have a material which has very similar (but a slight shift to smaller 2θ, about 0.25 ° )XRD pattern to TaO2. I expect it is caused by the absence of oxygen in the lattice.
So, how can I calculate or simulate the XRD pattern of TaO(2-x)? Is there any software for example rietveld?
Thank you very much inadvance.
You can use FullProff, I used this here:
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Dear Xu,
With VESTA you can view crystal structures (e.g. from a CIF file) and also modify them very easily. With the same software you can also simulate XRD patterns. It is a real blessing that this beautiful and well-designed software for displaying crystal structures is available. http://www.jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/
With best regards
yes we can utilizing the program
XRDIFF: simulation of X-ray diffraction patterns
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If this shift is constant for all hkl reflections, then probably a constant shift due to instrument.
Dear Xu Xuanwen,
XpertHighScore software may be the best for this kind of analysis.
Dear Xu Xuanwen
Yes, you can simulate the theoretical X-ray by introducing some changes in the model structure. Most X-ray programs can do that.
The success of such a procedure is based on the structure you are dealing with in your simulation.
The reason for that is as follows: you may impose, as stated, oxygen vacancies in the general structure.
However, the gap may occur only in some specific sites, not in the overall structure, so only some symmetry operators have to be changed, corresponding to a particular symmetry.
For instance, in the gama-Fe2O3 (maghemite) structure, the iron vacancies are restricted to the octahedral site only, the tetrahedral ones are unchanged. If the same behavior occurs in your material and you impose iron vacancies all over, the resulting X-ray may not correspond to the real sample. Here, the iron vacancies are going to alter the oxygen amount as well, by the necessary charge balance.
For this specific reason, the knowledge you have about the studied structure will drive the success of your simulation.
Best regards,
WNM
For simulation
you can use Crystal diffract, Crystal impact diamond, VESTA, and/or mercury software to simulate XRD from CIF file[ For TaO2 ], and then you can change different parameters such as Oxygen vacancy. diffract and diamond are not free mercury and VESTA are free.
If you have an experimental XRD with slightly sift with peak position and/or Intensity, you have to use the Rietveld refinement. Try to use GSAS, Fullprof, EXPO2014 and Profex 4 software, all these software are free
also, you can use Topas, HighScore Plus with a commercial license
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