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Experimental Information Search

The Experimental Information Search (Fig. 1) enables the user to search explicitly for entries with certain ambient conditions, experimental setups and additional properties, such as structures from Rietveld refinement etc.

Figure 1: Experimental Information Search
Figure 1:
Experimental Information Search

 

Temperature

Temperatures are assumed to be in Kelvin (K), if no unit is given. Possible units are K (enter K after value), °C (enter C after value) and °F (enter F after value). You can enter

  • a single value,
  • separate values, which have to be separated by blanks,
  • ranges of values indicated by "-", ">" or "<".

Examples:

Temperature

Result

1

ambient temperature of 1K

270 300-415

temperatures of 270K or a range of temperatures from 300 up to 415K

35C

temperature of 35 °C

>451F

temperatures of more than 451 °F

Note: If no temperature is given by the author, a default temperature of 293K is assumed by the system!

 

Pressure

Pressures are by default in MegaPascals (MPa). Possible units are MPa, GPa, hPa, mbar, bar and atm. You can enter

  • a single value,
  • separate values, which have to be separated by blanks,
  • ranges of values indicated by "-", ">" or "<".

Examples:

Pressure

Result

1000

pressure of 1000 MPa

1atm

pressure of 1 atm (1013.25 hPa)

>5bar

pressure greater than 5 bar

0.3-45bar

pressure from 0.3 bar up to 45 bar

Note: If no pressure is given by the author, a default pressure of 0.101325 MPa is assumed by the system!

 

Comments

Comments can be searched by entering keywords, separated by blanks, or by entering a complete (known) phrase.

Examples:

Comments

Result

F-Atoms

e.g. entries with comment “After 2nd ref. (Gagarinsky) H-atoms are 0.95(3) A away from the F-atoms in direction to the next F-Atom at F-F=2.49” or „ F-atoms (AsF6) around As(4) were not determined.“

“F-atoms (AsF6) around As(4) were not determined.”

entries with the exact phrase

z(C1) was misprinted as .0687

entries with the exact phrase

 

R-Value

R-Value allows searching for goodness of fit values from employed structure refinements, e.g. Rietveld refinements.

You can enter a single value or a range of values. Only values between 0.00 and 1.00 are allowed.

R-Value

Result

0.5

exactly an R-value of 0.5

<0.004

R-values smaller than 0.004

0.3-0.4

R-values from 0.3 to 0.4

 

Experimental setup

You can check one or more radiation types from the following:

  • X-ray,
  • electrons,
  • neutrons,
  • synchrotron.

You can check one or more sample types from the following:

  • Powder,
  • Single crystal.

You can check one or more additional properties from the following:

  • Twinned Crystal Data,
  • Theoretically Calculated Structures,
  • Rietveld Refinement employed,
  • NMR Data available,
  • Anharmonic Temperature Factors given,
  • Magnetic Structure available,
  • Absolute Configuration determined,
  • Correction of earlier work.