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The Tricks of the Chameleon. Unexpected Symmetry of the Diffraction Pattern
Crystal Research and Technology ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2019-08-12 , DOI: 10.1002/crat.201900063
Massimo Nespolo 1 , Makoto Tokuda 2 , Akira Yoshiasa 3
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The first step in the structure solution process is the determination of candidate space groups on the basis of the symmetry of the diffraction pattern, in particular through the analysis of the reflection conditions. Sometimes it may happen that the diffraction pattern is indexed in an alternative setting of the space group, in which the reflection conditions appear different. The discrepancy between the observed reflection conditions and those published in the standard setting of space groups may lead the investigator to erroneously assume his sample is less symmetric than it actually is. After discussing a case from the literature where tetragonal samples were incorrectly described as orthorhombic due to an unusual indexing of the diffraction pattern, we present an example in which diffractions from a pyrite sample were indexed in the Pb3 setting of the space group, instead of the standard Pa3 setting, where the large set of strong violations of reflection conditions with respect to those of the standard setting could have been interpreted as a signature of symmetry lowering to P213. The structure being well-known, the real origin of the apparent violation *

中文翻译:

变色龙的把戏。衍射图案的意外对称

结构求解过程的第一步是根据衍射图案的对称性确定候选空间群,特别是通过分析反射条件。有时可能会发生衍射图案在空间群的替代设置中被索引,其中反射条件看起来不同。观察到的反射条件与空间群标准设置中公布的条件之间的差异可能会导致研究人员错误地假设他的样本比实际情况更不对称。在讨论了文献中的一个案例后,由于衍射图案的异常索引,四方样品被错误地描述为正交,我们提出了一个例子,其中黄铁矿样品的衍射被索引在空间群的 Pb3 设置中,而不是标准 Pa3 设置中,其中与标准设置的反射条件相关的大量强烈违反反射条件可能是解释为对称性降低到 P213 的特征。结构众所周知,明显违规的真正来源*
更新日期:2019-08-12
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