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Powder dictionary (pdCIF) version 1.0.1

_pd_meas_scan_method

Name:
'_pd_meas_scan_method'

Definition:

   Code identifying the method for scanning reciprocal space.
   The designation `fixed' should be used for measurements where
   film, a stationary position-sensitive or area detector
   or other non-moving detection mechanism is used to
   measure diffraction intensities.


The data value must be one of the following:


step 		step scan

cont 		continuous scan

tof 		time of flight

disp 		energy dispersive

fixed 		stationary detector

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.