Abstract
The broadening of an 00l powder diffraction line caused by a distribution of sizes of crystallites is discussed. A function of the intensity, P(h3) sin2(πh3), is derived. Its cosine transform gives the size distribution directly. The first term of a series expansion of this distribution function corresponds to the expression previously obtained by Warren and Averbach. In addition, this function gives less weight to the extremes of the diffraction line shape.

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