Many factors affect quality of powder diffraction data (e.g., see Figs.11.1, 11.5, and 11.25), and the state of the specimen used in a powder diffraction experiment is one of them. Further, a number of data acquisition parameters may, and should be properly chosen. Here we consider issues related to both the preparation of the specimen and selection of instrument-related parameters in order to achieve the highest possible quality of the resulting powder diffraction pattern.
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