At 03:00 PM 11/19/97, you wrote:
>Hi,
>We have recently purchased a Scintag X1 Powder Diffractometer.  I would 
>like start doing Rietveld analysis.  May I know know what's the best 
>standard to use?  Also, I would like to be able to use GSAS to refine the 
>data.  Any suggestions would be helpful.. i.e. how to obtain an 
>instrument parameter file...
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*Gasp* Standard to use?!  IMHO try SRM 660 
Regards,
Jim
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