Also refer to Spherical Harmonics for Preferred Orientation correction and Bragg-Bretano geometry

Spherical Harmonics can be very effective for performing preferred orientation correction. In the following HgS example using image plate data provided by Scott Belmonte, we will perform spherical harmonics preferred orientation correction to obtain a better fit to the data. This assumes you understand a bit about the geometry implications about Spherical Harmonics which in GSAS is rigourously implemented in a solid manner. Information from Scott Belmonte: For a scientific explanation of what is going on and the where's and why's of using Spherical Harmonics in GSAS, refer to Von Dreele, R. B. (1997). Quantitative texture analysis by Rietveld refinement. J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 517-525. and "A new method for measuring the degree of preferred orientation in bulk textured YBa2Cu3Ox" Th. Leventouri, Physica C 277, 82-86 (1997). "The number you should watch in the Texture Index in the PO menu. 1 means no texture, 3 is strong texture, higher than that and you should be aware that you may be overfitting." Wavelength 0.4447 Spacegroup: P 31 2 1 Lattice params: 4.145 4.145 9.496 90 90 120 Hg: 0.72 0 1/3 S: 0.48 0 5/6 Peak shape: GU: 3000 GV: 0 GW: 4.0 LX: 3.0 LY: 0 Only refine GU and LX and if GU goes to zero only refine GU and set LX to 3.0. To get to spher. harm. correction from main menu: L O O H To set order: O n where n is even. To refine: V N N N Y For image-plates only set sample angle using A: Omega = -90, Phi = 0, Chi = 0 GSAS Files before Spherical Harmonics Corrections (39kB ZIP File) GSAS Files after Spherical Harmonics Corrections (39kB ZIP File)