At 12:02 PM 11/19/97 -0800, 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...
>Thanks in advance.
>Julia Chan
>
For our older Scintag with Soller slits, A starting parameter file, which
includes the axial divergence asymmetry, is:
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INS   BANK      1                                                               
INS   DTYPE   STND                                                              
INS   HTYPE   PXCR                                                              
INS  1 IRAD     3                                                               
INS  1 ICONS  1.540500  1.544300       0.0         0       0.5    0             
INS  1I HEAD  INCIDENT SPECTRUM FOR SCINTAG X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER                
INS  1I ITYP    0    0.0000  180.0000         1                                 
INS  1PRCF      3   19    .01000    0NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN                   
INS  1PRCF 1    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .530483E+01    .000000E+00        
INS  1PRCF 2    .351248E+00    .743783E+01    .123205E-01    .140000E-01        
INS  1PRCF 3    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .000000E+00        
INS  1PRCF 4    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .000000E+00        
INS  1PRCF 5    .000000E+00    .000000E+00    .000000E+00                       
INS  1PREFO1  1.000000  1.000000   .000000   .000000  1.000000   NN    0    0   
Larry
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