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A tool named Cinema:Debye-Scherrer to visualize the results of a series of Rietveld analyses is presented. The multi-axis visualization of the high-dimensional data sets resulting from powder diffraction analyses allows identification of analysis problems, prediction of suitable starting values, identification of gaps in the experimental parameter space and acceleration of scientific insight from the experimental data. The tool is demonstrated with analysis results from 59 U-Nb alloy samples with different compositions, annealing times and annealing temperatures as well as with a high-temperature study of the crystal structure of CsPbBr3. A script to extract parameters from a series of Rietveld analyses employing the widely used GSAS Rietveld software is also described. Both software tools are available for download.
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The goal of this paper is to analyse the effect of adding Al on the non-steady pearlite growth occurring in a Fe-C-Mn system. The results are discussed in terms of the partitioning of elements across the austenite/ferrite and austenite/cementite interfaces, and the modification of the pearlite driving force related to the change in carbon activity in austenite.
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A new method for the determination of the crystallographic indices of planar fracture surfaces is described. The key innovation is the use of a focused ion beam instrument to extract two transmission electron microscopy (TEM) foils from the fracture surface. Selected area diffraction of these foils in the TEM allows the determination of the fracture plane from the cross product of two crystallographic line directions contained within the plane. This allows the indices to be determined from relatively small fracture surfaces, affording fracture plane determinations from facets on polycrystalline samples. The validation of this method using cleavage fracture in pure zinc is described.
