[Ifeffit] Converting PDF files to CIF files for usage in Artemis

Bruce Ravel bravel at bnl.gov
Mon Aug 8 16:15:34 CDT 2016


Have you read the Colinet & Pasturel paper?  Skimming through it, it 
seems like section III.b along with Fig 1 gives enough information to 
fill in the Atoms window 
(http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/documents/Artemis/feff/index.html) 
by hand.

B


On 08/08/2016 05:02 PM, Ed Han wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> In the upcoming fall, my research group plans on performing XAS studies
> observing the Hf L3-edge for various Hf-Al intermetallic samples.
>
> In preparation for the experiments, I am looking for CIF files of the
> various Hf-Al intermetallic systems, including HfAl3, HfAl2, Hf4Al3, etc.
>
> Upon scavenging through a multitude of crystallographic databases, I was
> not able to find any CIF files of Hf-Al intermetallics. However, I have
> acquired powder diffraction files (PDF) for said intermetallics.
>
> Seeing as how PDFs cannot be used in Artemis for EXAFS data analysis (to
> my knowledge), is there a way to convert PDFs into CIFs? I have attached
> one of the PDF files to demonstrate what information it contains.
>
> I would really appreciate your help!
>
> Regards,
> Edmund Han
>
>
>
>
>
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