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HighScore

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HighScore: Introduction

This guide is an introduction to the HighScore Plus software used to solve crystalline phase identification.

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The HighScore main screen has the following primary functional display windows.
You can customize the main screen for your own requirements; the most common desktop used is Phase-ID and can be selected on the bottom right toolbar in the drop down menu or Select View > Desktop > Desktop Name
Main GraphicsAdditional GraphicsPatterns and List Window
Figure 2. Basic Layout of the "Phase-ID" Display.
For the Phase-ID Desktop display, you have three main windows:
The Main Graphics window shows the scan and/or scans in the Analyze View.
The Additional graphics window displays the zoom overview.
The Pattern List is the third panel on the right of the screen can be used to examine the Peak List, Scan List, Quantification Graphs, and the Anchor Scan Data.

HighScore: Phase Identification

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Select the desktop layout from Phase-ID to Rietveld Analysis on the Desktop toolbar (Figure 1).
View > Desktop > Desktop Name > Rietveld Analysis
You can change the Desktop layout depending on the XRD analysis you perform in the HighScore Software.
Refinement ControlObject InspectorMain GraphicsAdditional Graphics Figure 1: Rietveld Analysis Desktop Layout

Start Analysis

Select Analysis > Fitting. Check that the option Fitting Mode is set to Automatic. Correct if necessary.

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Select Analysis > Fitting > Start Fit> and then select <Phase fit> Default Rietveld to start the refinement with the default Rietveld parameters set. Wait until it is finished, this may take a few minutes (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Menu guide for the phase fit default Rietveld
In the Refinement Control tab in the Refinement Control Window on the main display, double-click the Global Variables to open the Object Inspector pane (Figure 3).
Select Global Settings>Agreement Indices to view the values of the Goodness of Fit and Weighted R profile.

Figure 3. Refinement Control window displaying the Refinement Control, global variables. The Object Inspector can be used to look at the fit properties and agreement indices.

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