Title: Peak shape
1Peak shape What determines peak
shape? Instrumental source image flat
specimen axial divergence specimen
transparency receiving slit monochromator(s)
other optics
2Peak shape What determines peak
shape? Spectral inherent spectral width most
prominent effect - Ka1 Ka2 Ka3 Ka4 overlap
3Peak shape What determines peak
shape? Specimen mosaicity crystallite
size microstrain, macrostrain specimen
transparency
4Peak shape Basic peak parameter - FWHM Caglioti
formula H (U tan2 ? V tan ?
W)1/2 i.e., FWHM varies with ?, 2?
5Peak shape Basic peak parameter - FWHM Caglioti
formula H (U tan2 ? V tan ? W)1/2 (not
Lorentzian) i.e., FWHM varies with ?, 2?
6Peak shape
7Peak shape 4 most common profile fitting fcns
8Peak shape 4 most common profile fitting fcns
9Peak shape 4 most common profile fitting fcns
10Peak shape X-ray peaks usually asymmetric -
even after a2 stripping
11Peak shape Crystallite size - simple
method Scherrer eqn. Bsize (180/p) (K??/ L
cos ?) Btot Binstr Bsize
2
2
2
12Peak shape Crystallite size - simple
method Scherrer eqn. Bsize (180/p) (K??/ L
cos ?)
104Ã… Bsize (180/p) (1.54?/ 104 cos 45)
0.0125 2? 103Ã… Bsize 0.125 2? 102Ã… Bsize
1.25 2? 10Ã… Bsize 12.5 2?
13Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening
14Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening Williamson Hall method
(1953) Stokes Wilson (1944) strain
broadening - Bstrain lt?gt?(4 tan ?) size
broadening - Bsize (K??/ L cos ?)
15Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening Williamson Hall method
(1953) Stokes Wilson (1944) strain
broadening - Bstrain lt?gt?(4 tan ?) size
broadening - Bsize (K??/ L cos ?) Lorentzian
(Bobs - Binst) Bsize Bstrain Gaussian
(Bobs - Binst) Bsize Bstrain
16Peak shape strain broadening - Bstrain lt?gt?(4
tan ?) size broadening - Bsize (K??/ L cos
?) Lorentzian (Bobs - Binst) Bsize
Bstrain (Bobs - Binst) (K? / L cos ?) 4
ltegt(tan ?) (Bobs - Binst) cos ? (K? / L) 4
ltegt(sin ?)
17Peak shape (Bobs - Binst) cos ? (K? / L)
4 ltegt(sin ?)
18Peak shape (Bobs - Binst) cos ? (K? / L)
4 ltegt(sin ?) For best results, use integral
breadth for peak width (width of rectangle with
same area and height as peak)
19Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method (see
Warren X-ray Diffraction, Chap 13) Begins with
Stokes deconvolution (removes instrumental
broadening)
h(x) (1/A) ? g(x) f(x-z) dz (y x-z)
h(x)
g(z)
f(y)
20Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method h(x)
g(z) represented by Fourier series Then F(t)
H(t)/G(t)
h(x) (1/A) ? g(x) f(x-z) dz (y x-z)
h(x)
g(z)
f(y)
21Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method h(x)
g(z) represented by Fourier series Then F(t)
H(t)/G(t) F(t) is set of sine cosine
coefficients
22Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method Warren
found Power in peak ? An cos 2pnh3 Bn sin
2pnh3 An Nn/N3 ltcos 2plZngt h3 (2 a3
sin ?)/?
n
23Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method Warren
found Power in peak ? An cos 2pnh3 Bn sin
2pnh3 An Nn/N3 ltcos 2plZngt h3 (2 a3
sin ?)/? sine terms small - neglect
n
24Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method Warren
found Power in peak ? An cos 2pnh3 Bn sin
2pnh3 An Nn/N3 ltcos 2plZngt h3 (2 a3
sin ?)/? n m'- m Zn - distortion betwn m'
and m cells Nn no. n pairs/column of cells
n
25Peak shape Local strains also contribute to
broadening The Warren-Averbach method Warren
found Power in peak ? An cos 2pnh3 Bn sin
2pnh3 An Nn/N3 ltcos 2plZngt W-A AL
ALS ALD (ALS indep of L ALD dep on L) L
na
n
26Peak shape
W-A showed AL ALS ALD (ALS indep of L ALD
dep on L) ALD(h) cos 2pL lt?Lgth/a
27Peak shape
W-A showed AL ALS ALD (ALS indep of L ALD
dep on L) ALD(h) cos 2pL lt?Lgth/a Procedure
ln An(l) ln ALS -2p2 l2ltZn2gt
n0
n1
n2
ln An
n3
l2
28Advantages vs. the Williamson-Hall Method
???Produces crystallite size distribution.?More
accurately separates the instrumental and sample
broadening effects.?Gives a length average size
rather than a volume average size.Disadvantages
vs. the Williamson-Hall Method ???More prone to
error when peak overlap is significant (in other
words it is much more difficult to determine the
entire peak shape accurately, than it is to
determine the integral breadth or
FWHM).?Typically only a few peaks in the pattern
are analyzed.