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David R Black
Research Interests
The development, manufacture and certification of Standard Reference Materials for the x-ray diffraction community.
Figure 1: The divergent beam x-ray powder diffractometer used to certify Standard Reference Materials.
James P. Cline, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Joseph J. Ritter, David R. Black, Albert Henins, John E. Bonevich, Pamela S. Whitfield, James J. Filliben
This rather long-standing project has resulted in a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material (SRM) for the analysis of
David R. Black, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Albert Henins, James J. Filliben, James P. Cline
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to evaluate specific aspects of instrument
Marcus H. Mendenhall, David R. Black, James P. Cline
Abstract The use of an Incident Beam Monochromator (IBM) or multilayer focusing mirror in an X- ray powder diffractometer modifies both the shape of the