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Image CIF dictionary (imgCIF) version 3.00.04

_axis.equipment

Name:
_axis.equipment

Definition:

   
    The value of  _axis.equipment specifies the type of
    equipment using the axis:  'goniometer', 'detector',
    'gravity', 'source' or 'general'.

Type: Code


The data value must be one of the following:


goniometer 		equipment used to orient or position samples

detector 		equipment used to detect reflections

general 		equipment used for general purposes

gravity 		axis specifying the downward direction

source 		axis specifying the direction sample to source

Enumeration default: general

Category:
axis


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.