XRD Analysis of Copper Nanopowder: Details & Info

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XRD analysis of copper nanopowder provides critical insights into particle size, crystal structure, and lattice parameters. The indexing of the XRD pattern reveals crystal symmetry, indicating which reflections are present or forbidden. Peak positions allow for the determination of d spacings, while Scherrer analysis, accounting for instrumental broadening, estimates grain sizes up to 100nm. It is essential to differentiate between grain size and particle size in this context.

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What are the various details and information (like particle size, crystal structure) that can be obtained and infered from xrd analysis of a copper nanopowder.
 
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Indexing of the xrd pattern gives the crystal symmetry (i.e., which reflections appear and which are forbidden).

From peak positions (which give various d spacings for the crystal structure), the lattice parameter can be determined.

From broadening of the peaks, Scherrer analysis (when instrumentational broadening is accounted for with a large-grained standard) can provide grain size estimates up to 100nm or so grains. Note that grain size is not the same as particle size.
 

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