Experiment 2: Determination of hkl indices of reflections from NiO recorded by

the powder method.

Student Name: ………………………………..Student No.: …………..

λ= 2d sinθ λ/2sinθ
d=λ θ
λKα1 = 1.5405620A λKα2 =1.544390A
Line No. X2 X1 X2+X1 S=X2-X1 S' = 0.998336*S θ=S'/2
1 61.65 24.25
2 64.65 21.20
3 74.50 11.40
4 80.75 5.15
λKα1
5 82.80 3.10
6 - 90.60
7 169.60 96.60
8 167.50 98.65
9 158.45 107.80
λKα2 101 149.80 116.40
102 149.30 116.85

Line
θ(0) Sin2θ h2+k2+l2 hkl d(0A) a(0A)
No.
1
2
3
4
λKα1 5
6
7
8
9
λKα2 101
102

Unit cell edge of NiO: a= …………………

Note that θ = 90 - S'/2 in the back-reflection.
o Boy-centered(BCC)……2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,……..
o Face-centered(FCC)……3,4,8,11,12,16,19,20,24,27,32,….

N0. SC BCC FCC

1 100 - -
2 110 110 -
3 111 111
4 200 200 200
5 210 - -
6 211 211 -
8 222 222 220
9 300, 221 - -
10 310 310 -
11 311 - 311
12 222 222 222
14 321 321 -
16 400 400 400
18 411 411 -
19 331 - 331
20 420 420 420
24 422 422 422