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Bragg R factor

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    The R factor measuring the agreement between the reflection intensities calculated from a crystallographic model and those measured experimentally.

    \(R_B =

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    In the Rietveld method RB is useful because it depends on the fit of the structural parameters and not on the profile parameters.


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