Hi, I work on natural polymers i.e. gums polysaccharides. the pure materials are normally amorphous , i did a modification on a base material and its xrd showed an improvement and showed a broad peak. i reported that and got a reply from a reviewer that " add JCPDS number and crystalline size" Previously in our field people report in such a way I have also added references and up to my best knowledge I know that: " JCPDS record does not exist for them moreover for poorly semi-crystalline or amorphous materials you can't calculate crystalline size it will be useless to use " scherrer equation " .
Now how to politely reply to reviewer's comment?
if the modification on your samples includes adding inorganic compounds the JCPDS card should be mentioned!
Dhirar Ben Salem modification does not have any inorganic constituent added to system, I work on organic modifications like ( carboxymethylation)
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