R: Rietveld

Dear all, I have been following this conversation with a lot of interest over the last few days, I did not know much about the early days of powder diffraction and how profile refinement methods were born and evolved and I have learnt many things. I just want to thank everyone who contributed t

Re: Rietveld

*> As I get older, I believe less and less in legends (AH)* *> ...the aristocracy of powder diffractionists is displaced (AleB)* I don't believe in aristocracy either :-) After Bill David, Lambert van Eijck and I published Hugo Rietveld's glowing obituary

Re: Rietveld

Hi,   >As I get older, I believe less and less in legends. In the IUCr 1999 issue >that I cited, I should have also mentioned that there is an interesting >article on p.4 called "The Powder Diffraction Handicap" by Armel le Bail :-)   Indeed, "never say never" is verified again. The powder di