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The main component of this program is a simultaneous representation of the unit cell and the calculated powder pattern. It allows the manipulation of the Crystal structure by moving selected atoms of the asymmetric unit. The resulting powder pattern can be directly compared to experimental data in order to obtain reliable starting values for further computations in refinement programs.
PowderCell 2.0 for Windows
(1998)
PowderCell contains a comfortable, user friendly visualization and modification tool for crystal structures. It provides on-line calculation of the corresponding powder diffraction patterns simulating a variety of experimental conditions. The common ICSD and Shelx file formats are supported for importing crystal structure information. It has control of automatic cell transformation and also derivation of subgroups. More than 740 different settings of the 230 space-group types are supported. Up to ten crystal structures can be considered simultaneously. A full pattern refinement enables the direct comparison with experimental diffractograms for quantitative phase analysis, lattice parameter refinement, polynomial background estimation, etc.
PowderCell as teaching tool
(1998)
PowderCell represents a user friendly program which supports the solution of scientific problems as well as teaching and education. Especially for the last one the program offers a lot of information regarding the space-group type as well as crystal structure used. Therefore, on some universities the program is used successfully to make students familiar with x-ray crystallography. The quasi-simultaneous diffraction pattern simulation visualized the changes caused by the respective crystal structure. However, it is also possible to vary different diffraction parameters and investigate the resulting changes in the interference intensity or the reflection position. In principle, the aim of the program is the intuitive generation of structure models. Therefore, special tools have been implemented to move (rotate or shift) or transform the crystal structure.