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Line Profile Analysis is the common name given to those methods allowing microstructure information to be extracted from the breadth and shape of the peaks in a diffraction pattern. A fast analysis is always possible via traditional techniques such as the Scherrer formula, Williamson-Hall plot and Warren-Averbach method, but at the expenses of the physical meaning of the result. A more sound alternative is offered by the Whole Powder Pattern Modelling, allowing physical information to be extracted from diffraction data in a self-consistent way.

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank Prof. P. Scardi for continuous support, critical reading and useful discussions. The PM2K software implementing the WPPM method and the DIFFaX+ code for the analysis of systems with heavy faulting are both available on request from the author. A free license is granted for academic and non-profit use.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento, via Mesiano 77, 38123, Trento, TN, Italy

    Matteo Leoni

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  1. , Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Welderweg 11, Mainz, 55128, Germany

    Ute Kolb

  2. , School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AP, United Kingdom

    Kenneth Shankland

  3. , Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Marcus Family Campus, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

    Louisa Meshi

  4. Inst. Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect 59, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    Anatoly Avilov

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    William I.F David

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Leoni, M. (2012). Information on Imperfections. In: Kolb, U., Shankland, K., Meshi, L., Avilov, A., David, W. (eds) Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5580-2_16

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