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RE: [sdpd] LaB6 standard sample preparation



I stand corrected.  It was indeed on Y2O3 that the annealing was suggested,
I remember now.  

Thanks for the information.

Sven

> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. Cranswick [mailto:L.M.D.Cranswick...@dl.ac.uk]
> Sent: donderdag 23 augustus 2001 11:50
> To: sdpd...@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [sdpd] LaB6 standard sample preparation
> 
> 
> 
> > I know this has been discussed before, but I can't find the 
> references.  We
> > have purchased a batch of the LaB6 standard powder and we 
> want to prepare a
> > suitable powder diffraction sample.  I was thinking about 
> pressing the
> > powder in a pellet, but I seem to remember some people (I think Dr.
> > Cranswick was one of them) talking about annealing the 
> sample to avoid
> > preferential orientation.  Can someone point me to some 
> references about it,
> > possibly on the internet ?
> 
> Unless I am confusing my history - I believe Joerg Bergmann posted
> to this or the Rietveld list saying the latest LaB6 is of very
> good quality and can be run native(?).  One option could be to
> bind the sample into an epoxy polymer and polish it down to
> a flat surface - but not sure what others may think of this.
> It would at minimum complicate the background.
> 
> With me being quoted:
> I may have been refering to Y2O3 - annealing this to make a 
> nice profile standard.  Though Joerg did say that the new
> NIST LaB6 was better than "annealed Y2O3".  I have not had the
> chance to run both and compare.
> 
> The Rietveld list may be a better place to post if there
> is not a variety of replies on this.
> 
> Lachlan.
> 
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