Debye-Scherrer formula ,=Kλ/Bcosθ, can be used for calculating the crystallite size but under what conditions this formula can be applied? under what conditions this formula cannot be used?
yes i have gone through this book .............. i understand two things from this book about Scherrer formula that it has got limitations related to particle size. the other thing i am not sure about is that this formula applies to single phase material. is it correct?
It's a nice question. the required is the value of B i.e width of half maxi ma, it must have some positive value, which depends on the broadening of the peaks.
I would like to ask a question to Aseya. Why do you need to obtain information on "crystallite size"? Probably because you want to relate this quantity to some macroscopic property. Scherrer formula gives you informaton on the "diffraction domains". This means for instance that a single grain with coherent grain boundarìes is considered as multi grained, while this boundary will not affect other macroscopic properties like e.g. electrical resistance.
Grain is the domain for many crystallites may be of both similar size or different size crystallites. Character of a grain is completely different from that of crystallite, so it is difficult to derive grain boundaries from the crystallites although both boundaries have contribution towards macroscopic properties if the size is of the order of macroscopic range.
Aseya Akbar, please do search RG for "Scherrer" and find the various threads in which (in)applicability of Scherrer's formula is discussed at length. You may also watch out for contributions of Matteo Leoni, who is most competent concerning these questions.