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2805868 
Journal Article 
X-ray diffraction imaging of anatase and rutile 
Sakurai, K; Mizusawa, M 
2010 
Yes 
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN: 0003-2700
EISSN: 1520-6882 
82 
9 
3519-3522 
English 
20369828 
Both anatase and rutile are well-known as stable phases of TiO(2). In real-life samples, TiO(2) is most likely to be a mixture of those phases rather than pure anatase and rutile, and therefore quantitative analysis is extremely important. It is basically possible to determine the average ratio by X-ray diffraction (XRD) using differences in the crystal structure, but it is not easy to do so when attempting mapping by point-by-point scanning. The present paper describes the successful application of newly developed projection-type XRD imaging, which is an extremely rapid and highly efficient method.