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This applet allows you to solve the c-axis  projection of  a crystal with the following spacegroup
a=8.035 b=10.309 c=3.795 Å P21 21 2.

Partly because the c-axis is relatively short, none of the atoms overlaps, so the molecular structure is clear in this projection. The panels and buttons below allow one to set the signs of E values so that the Fourier Sum may be displayed.

Panels

Reciprocal Space

This panel shows a representation of the hk0 plane for the crystal data. The E values are shown, weighted by their intensity.


Sum

This panel shows the accumulated sum of terms entered so far.

Buttons

Fit

This toggle button shows the positions of atoms in the unit cell (and their symmetry equivalents). You can use this to check if your calculated electron density, and hence your set of  phases,  is correct.

Phases

This button launchs a new window that shows the moduli of the E values (i.e. unsigned E values).These can be set by the choice list beside each reflection. An E-value used in the calculation used for the  Sum window is shown in bold: the value is in normal font when it is unused. The Sum window is updated with the Fourier summation of all the E values set at the time the last value was set .

Restart

Clears the Sum window, but not the values set in the Phase Window..

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