I have X'pert highscore plus, It is very powerful tool for XRD analysis. What do you mean by "it does not work correctly"?. Let me know if you need assistance Sasan.

Regrds,

The extention must be .hsrdb and it is obtained when you converted your database. You can obtain a complete set of CIF files from the crystallographic open database. You can also check this vide to get some further instructions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QpJfRfIMKo

or this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j8cR_Ns0tQ

Cheers,

you can use Jade software for XRD analysis. it is very convenient and user friendly..

Regards,

Tariq

You may use JCPDS

Question was about database (JSPDS, of course), not about software.

1. Match! with PDF-4 (Phase Identification from Powder Diffraction ), this is German production very good.

2. + "Mincryst" database at Internet, this is Russian production very good.

What is a database? It is a collection of entries compiled from publications. The collectors are not responsible for the quality of data. They do not give any guarantee for the quality of the single entry. However, they spent time for collection and since many people look for such databases you can start a business from it. Competition force you to check these data...what is only possible if obvious discrepancies can be discovered. Also this process needs time and a lot of money. Since we all more or less believe, that faster, higher, deeper etc is bigger we also think that more is better. On the other hand, each scientist will com in contact with maximally a few hundreds of phases or minerals in his life. Why does he needs then several hundred thousands? Therefore, my recommendation: Use a database you created by yourself step by step. How probable it is that you will find a very rare phase? And how probable it will be that the phase you are missing is not yet implemented in a database? In other words, a big database suggests to be very beneficial but finally it is more like a racing car bought for the city. Not fast, often not really usable, maintenance very expensive and not trustworthy if you really need it. Free databases are less comfortable, but it force you to think and not only click on a phase, although the composition should tell you already how stupid a selection would be...despite the perfect match.

I forgot: COD is a free database which very likely contains all phases implemented in Mincryst. The manual inspection of phases also has a very nice side effect. You might have the impression you are wasting time but you will learn with each inspected phase about the benefits and "drawbacks" of crystallography. You are not that blind anymore for obvious errors in data base entries.

CCDC website is also beneficial

Doriana Vinci

I see. I did not know whether they still have an own business or simply belong already to ICDD. I guess you still have an "old" computer :-) and you use a time mashine to visit it?

...and there you are running ICSD from 2013?

If you do use the X'pert's High score, you need COD file to match peak, otherwise, you can not use this precisely.

Best of Luck.

Majibul Babu : I am quite sure that X'pert's High score also works with ICSD and ICDD. COD EXCLUSIVE advantage is that it is free available. You cannot search in COD from X'perts High score (I guess). You need first to search for possible candidates in COD, export them and then use High score for a direct comparison. Isn't it?.

There is HighScore version of COD and HS uses search match methods on all imported databases in HS at the same time. COD for HS can be downloaded from here: http://www.crystallography.net/cod/archives/2016/PANalytical/

Gert Nolze I have used X'pert High Score with the helping of COD file, still now.

Grzegorz Cios : I am sorry. As I can see, COD obviously found out the binary encoding of the database format used in X'pert High Score. The same possibly works for Rigaku, but for all other refinement software it doesn't?

Highscore, Rigaku, Match, Qualx2, DIFFRAC.EVA work (as far as I know) with COD database but not all of these do the refinement.

I have used COD with Rigaku instrument at ISIS Oxford and Brucker at Open university. it worked well with both instrument.

Thanks to all for their valuable explanations.....

You can use "Mincryst" database on the Internet for phase analysis.