The Rietveld Method (International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography 5)

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Summary: A COMPACT OVERVIEW OF THE RIETVELD METHOD
Review: Professor Young's must be congratulated for having made a great effort in putting together an up-to-date book on the Rietveld Method. The books gives a rather comprehensive overview of the underlying principles of this very important technique of powder diffraction. It may be quite useful for the uninitiated scientist in this exciting field. Hence, the book should be considered an 101 level course in Rietveld Analysis. Although, each chapter is rigorously written and all the chapter arranged in a systematic fashion, the book simply lacks "case studies" in the step by step application of the technique. Therefore, only a 3 star rating given. Most of the "newcomer" suffer from the lack of guides on how to perform Rietveld refinements and resources in this area is extremely scarce. To sum up, those who wish to have an idea on what the Rietveld method is all about and what it can do for you, this book would most certainly be a valuable reference (especially references cited therein would come in very handy!).