{"title":"A developed method of quantitative phase analysis (QPA) to solve the effect of preferred orientation in phosphate materials.","authors":"He Chen, Chunjian Wang, Jingmin Li","doi":"10.1107/S2053229625003237","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quantitative phase analysis (QPA) by X-ray diffraction is widely used in materials, minerals, metallurgy, etc. But when preferred orientation exists in samples, QPA by single peaks in diffraction patterns will be seriously affected and becomes less exact, for example, for phosphate materials. As an alternative, whole pattern methods (especially the Rietveld method) can be utilized positively and the effect of preferred orientation can be solved mathematically. But application of the Rietveld method generally takes a lot of time, not only in high-accuracy pattern acquisition, but also in continuously refining many parameters for multiple iterative computation, which is not applicable to situations where rapid or automatic QPA is required, such as industrial production, customs inspection, and so on. In this article, a new mathematical method was developed and discussed, and was then reasonably simplified for convenient operation. The simplified method was tested and examined using the N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>9</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> phase, which can produce preferred orientation easily. The results indicated that the QPA deviation is reduced from about 33% using the single-peak method to less than 1% using the new simplified method. Use of the new method and its simplified version is recommended when preferred orientation exists and rapid or automatic QPA is required.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":"81 Pt 5","pages":"282-287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229625003237","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/4/16 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Quantitative phase analysis (QPA) by X-ray diffraction is widely used in materials, minerals, metallurgy, etc. But when preferred orientation exists in samples, QPA by single peaks in diffraction patterns will be seriously affected and becomes less exact, for example, for phosphate materials. As an alternative, whole pattern methods (especially the Rietveld method) can be utilized positively and the effect of preferred orientation can be solved mathematically. But application of the Rietveld method generally takes a lot of time, not only in high-accuracy pattern acquisition, but also in continuously refining many parameters for multiple iterative computation, which is not applicable to situations where rapid or automatic QPA is required, such as industrial production, customs inspection, and so on. In this article, a new mathematical method was developed and discussed, and was then reasonably simplified for convenient operation. The simplified method was tested and examined using the N2H9PO4 phase, which can produce preferred orientation easily. The results indicated that the QPA deviation is reduced from about 33% using the single-peak method to less than 1% using the new simplified method. Use of the new method and its simplified version is recommended when preferred orientation exists and rapid or automatic QPA is required.
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Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry is continuing its transition to a journal that publishes exciting science with structural content, in particular, important results relating to the chemical sciences. Section C is the journal of choice for the rapid publication of articles that highlight interesting research facilitated by the determination, calculation or analysis of structures of any type, other than macromolecular structures. Articles that emphasize the science and the outcomes that were enabled by the study are particularly welcomed. Authors are encouraged to include mainstream science in their papers, thereby producing manuscripts that are substantial scientific well-rounded contributions that appeal to a broad community of readers and increase the profile of the authors.