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Powder dictionary (pdCIF) version 1.0.1

_pd_meas_rocking_axis

Name:
'_pd_meas_rocking_axis'

Definition:

   Description of the axis (or axes) used to rotate or rock the
   specimen for better randomization of crystallites
   (see _pd_meas_rocking_angle).


The data value must be one of the following:


chi

omega

phi

Type: char

Category: pd_meas_method


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.