International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 7.1, p. 624

Table 7.1.6.1 

U. W. Arndtb‡

Table 7.1.6.1 | top | pdf |
The importance of some detector properties for different X-ray patterns

Detector property Type of pattern
Solution Fibre Powder Single crystal Topographic Orientation Laue
Spatial resolution 1 2 3 3 3 2
Lack of parallax 0 1 3 3 0 1
Accuracy of intensity measurement 3 3 3 3 1 1
High count rate capability 2 2 2 3 1 1
Suitability for short time slices 3 3 3 2 3 0
Suitability for short wavelengths 0 0 2 2 1 3
Energy discrimination 1 1 2 2 0 0

0 = unimportant; 3 = very important.