Abstract
We demonstrate that texture effects can seriously distort the measurement of x-ray-absorption data from powdered specimens. We show that the isotropic average dipolar x-ray-absorption spectrum can always be measured irrespective of the degree of texture, provided axial symmetry in the particle distribution function exists normal to the specimen surface and a linearly polarized x-ray beam is employed. A simple modification to synchrotron-radiation experiments to achieve this consists of rotating the specimen by about an axis perpendicular to the polarization vector and beam direction from normal incidence. is given by =1/3.
- Received 19 December 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.42.37
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