Material:Lanthanum boride

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Lanthanum boride (lanthanum hexaboride), or LaB6, is an inorganic compound with chemical formula LaB6. It is frequently used as a calibration standard for WAXS experiments, and is available as a NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM): NIST SRM 660.

Peak positions

  • Lattice spacing is 4.15695 Angstroms
  • Ring positions (1/Angstroms):
    1. 1.51148927
    2. 2.1359
    3. 2.6160
    4. 3.0207
    5. 3.3772
    6. 3.6995
    7. 4.2719
    8. 4.5310
    9. 4.7761
    10. 5.0092
    11. 5.232
LAB standard at large-q (WAXS)

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