X-ray diffraction procedures for polycrystalline and amorphous materials by H. P. Klug and L. E. Alexander
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<h2>Journal of Applied Crystallography</h2><h3></h3><h3>0021-8898</h3> <h2>book reviews</h2> Volume 8 Part 5 Pages 573-574 October 1975 <h2> X-ray diffraction procedures for polycrystalline and amorphous materials by H. P. Klug and L. E. Alexander</h2> J. I. Langford X-ray diffraction procedures for polycrystalline and amorphous materials. By H. P. KLUG and L.E. ALEXANDER. 2rid Edition. Pp.xxv+966, Figs. 375, Tables 97. New York, Lon- don' John Wiley, 1974. Price $34.95, £18.55. When the first edition of 'Klug and Alexander' was published twenty years ago,* it immediately became recognized as the standard work of reference in X-ray powder crystallography. Despite spectacular advances during the inter- vening years, particularly in the fields of diffractometry, line-broadening analysis * Review: H. S. Peiser. [Acta Cryst. (1955). 8, 366]. and the automatic collection and proces- sing of data, the usefulness of the book as a basic text has hardly diminished. Nevertheless, the revised, enlarged and updated second edition should receive the universal acclaim accorded its pre- decessor. The essentially practical ap- proach has been retained, with the in- clusion of sufficient diffraction theory to meet the needs of the majority of dif- fractionists and ample references to satisfy those requiring a more detailed treatment. The revision has not