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Use of CIF for powder diffraction data
B. H. Toby. International Tables for Crystallography (2019). Vol. H, ch. 4.10, pp. 515-521  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000965 ]

Abstract

The Crystallographic Information Framework (CIF) has been adapted for the storage of powder diffraction data and results with a set of definitions referred to as pdCIF. The history of pdCIF development and a short introduction to the syntax of CIF are presented, as well as details about pdCIF. The processes of creating and reading a pdCIF file are considered, and a survey is given of some of the available free and multi-platform software for these tasks.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.