An IUCr nomenclature committee once recommended eradication of the "B-factor". Trueblood, et al. Acta Cryst (1996) A52, 770-781. Whether or not the factor of 8 pi squared can be eradicated, the publication is worth reading because it discusses what is modeled by Ueq (times 8 pi squared = B), and it has some historical information.
Well, "eradication" is what I understood. Sorry to seem uncertain in public, but I just looked at the paper again and I wonder what I understand. -Dan On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Rajesh Kumar Singh wrote: > May be too trivial, I was just wondering > what "B" stands for in the term "B-factor". > > Thanks > > Rajesh > > -- > Rajesh Kumar Singh > Institut fur Biochemie > Universitat Greifswald > Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 > D-17489 Greifswald > Germany > > E.Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: +49-3834- 86 4392 >
