New Capabilities for 2024
To enhance the value of the PDF® Databases, ICDD has incorporated many new developments for the 2024 product release. Every year, we listen to our customers to create a better product for you. Below are just some of the many value-added developments designed to make the ICDD products more functional and powerful for 2024.
New Formula Fields

Ideal Formula: Describes the general chemistry of the compound, especially in cases of minerals and solid solutions. Minor substituents or variations may be ignored in this representation.
Analytical Formula: Based on experimental elemental analysis, such as XRF and microprobe analysis. This formula is descriptive and represents a composition derived based on experimental measurements.
Optimized Element Searches

PDF Card Features

- New arrow buttons allow the user to quickly traverse through the search results table
- Mouse wheel option
Graphing Features
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- Automatic vertical zooming
- Gradient color fill option
- Raw data (PD3 patterns) in search results*
- Diffraction pattern preview when dragging and dropping*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
2D Structure Templates*

- Used for 2D structure and substructure searches
- 200 templates available
- Use as starting structure or complete structure
- Search by template name
*Only available in PDF-5+ databases
3D Structure Features

- Export 3D structure animation to a GIF file*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
SAED Simulation Features

- Added support for importing Gatan *.dm3 files*
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
SIeve/SIeve+ Features

- Support for new file formats
- Rigkau *.asc
- Rigkau *.rasx
- Hide irrelevant matches
- Supports NIST SRM 660c as an internal standard
- Single peak search
- Select peak using the mouse
- Search strong or long lines
- User-defined error window
- Useful for trace phase analysis
2D Diffraction Features*

- 2D images are dynamically displayed when importing multiple files
- Red vertical line indicates progress of pattern integration
- Thumbnail preview images
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases