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New Capabilities for 2021

To enhance the value of the PDF® software, ICDD has incorporated many new developments for the 2021 product release. Every year, we at ICDD listen to our customers to create a better product for our users. Below are just some of the many value-added developments designed to make the ICDD products more functional and powerful for 2021.

Intensity Scaling for 2D Multiphase Analysis

Intensities are now scaled for ring pattern simulations when doing 2D multiphase analysis.
SIeve+ search results for a three phase unknown.

• Available in SIeve+ 2021 Only

New Searches and Display Fields

• Refined Formula – A formula derived from the occupancies and site multiplicities of the elements in the atomic coordinates.
• Wyckoff Sequence
Data mining search results for the Wyckoff sequence “d2 c14”.

• PDF-4+, PDF-4+/Web, PDF-4/Axiom, PDF-4/Minerals, PDF-4/Organics, and PDF-2

Import JADE Projects Directly into SIeve+ for Phase Identification 

Experimental data that was imported and processed in JADE, can now be imported into SIeve+ for complimentary phase identification.

• Available in SIeve+ 2021 Only

Quick Settings Panel for Pattern Simulations

Quick settings panel allows the user to dynamically change various simulation settings directly on the graph.

• PDF-4+, PDF-4+/Web, PDF-4/Axiom, PDF-4/Minerals, and PDF-4/Organics

d-spacings Table in SAED Simulation Window

dspacingtable
New table displays the d-spacings, HKL’s, and intensities for all spots in the SAED pattern simulation window. Spots can be highlighted by clicking on them in the table or directly in the simulation.

• PDF-4+, PDF-4+/Web, PDF-4/Axiom, PDF-4/Minerals, and PDF-4/Organics

Plot Left and Right Y-axes of Data Mining Searches

Graphed-Fields

Temperature series graph for GeO2 displaying both temperature (left y-axis) and pressure (right y-axis) as a function of reduced cell volume.

• PDF-4+, PDF-4+/Web, PDF-4/Axiom, PDF-4/Minerals, and PDF-4/Organics

ICDD 2021 Products
PDF-4+

PDF-4+ 2021 contains 444,100+ entries. It combines the world’s largest sources of inorganic diffraction data from crystals and powders into a single database. The result is a comprehensive collection of inorganic materials, produced in a standardized format that can be rapidly searched for unknown phase identification.

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PDF-4/Minerals

PDF-4/Minerals is the most comprehensive collection of mineral data in the world! Ninety-seven percent of all known mineral types, as defined by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), are represented in the database, as well as many unclassified minerals.

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pdf-4/organics

The PDF-4/Organics provides the best of both worlds by including single crystal and powder diffraction data together in a single, edited, and standardized database.

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Pdf-2

How “good” is your database? The PDF-2 has just got even better! ICDD’s search-indexing software, SIeve, has been included FREE!
PDF-2 2021 features 316,800+ entries for rapid and accurate phase identification.

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