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XRD Analysis Free software

As researchers think for benefit of the society, they have developed several XRD analysis software and even made them available for free. As they are not software developers, most of the free XRD software has steep learning curve, thus not suitable for beginners. Several instrument makers have their own software, but only work on their own dataset, thus not accessible to all researchers. Even though there are few third party paid software, they are generally costly and most of the researchers can’t afford it as they are already underfunded.

The curated List of Free XRD Software for Analysis.

  1.  Plotting and Fitting

  • Origin for students

Advantage         :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage    :     limited capability for students

Download         :      https://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?go=Products/OriginStudentVersion

  • LabPlot

Advantage        :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage    :     Limited Penetration in Academic Setting

Download        :     https://labplot.org/download/

2. Lattice parameter Determination

  • CellRef

Advantage          :     Flexibility on initial parameters 

Disadvantage     :     Difficult to learn, Hard to Work With

Download          :     http://ccp14.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/lmgp-laugier-bochu/

  • Powderx

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Advantage          :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage      :     limited capability for students

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3.    Crystallite size Determination

  • Origin for students

Advantage          :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage      :     limited capability for students, Difficult to Deconvolute Peaks

Download           :    https://www.originlab.com/index.aspx?go=Products/OriginStudentVersion

  •  Fityk

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Advantage          :     Versatile to work with any spectrum, easy to control

Disadvantage      :     Difficult to learn, capability for students

Download           :     https://fityk.nieto.pl/

4.    Rietveld Refinement

( Lattice Parameter, Atomic position, Bond length and bond Angle )

  •  GSAS

Advantage          :     Versatile to work with any spectrum, easy to control

Disadvantage     :     Difficult to learn, capability for students

Download           :     https://fityk.nieto.pl/

  • Fullproof

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Advantage          :     Versatile to work with XRD and Neutron spectrum

Disadvantage     :     Difficult to learn, Hard to interpret, frequent local minima

Download           :    https://www.ill.eu/sites/fullprof/php/downloads.html

5.    File Format conversion

  • Powdll

Advantage          :     Versatile to work with any files, easy to control

Disadvantage      :     Need to know various formats and makers

Download           :     https://myweb.uoi.gr/nkourkou/powdll/index.html

  • Powderx

Advantage          :     Versatile to work with any spectrum, easy to control

Disadvantage      :     Difficult to learn, capability for students

Download           :     https://fityk.nieto.pl/

6.    Structural Visualization

  •  Diamond (Demo)

Advantage          :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage     :     limited capability for demo version

Download           :     https://www.crystalimpact.com/diamond/download.htm      

  • Mercury

Advantage          :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage     :     limited capability for students

Download           :     https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/support-and-resources/Downloads/               

7.    XRD reference database

  • Crystallographic Open Database (COD )

Advantage          :     Humongous, covers wide variety of materials

Disadvantage     :     Difficulty in integrating with other Phase matching software

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  • COD

Advantage          :     easy to learn,

Disadvantage     :     limited capability for students

Download           : 

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