MAUD Software Guide for Data Analysis
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ScribdTranslations1- Copy the MAUD folder to C/
2- You run the file [Link]
3- You save it in the folder in the address in C/ where Maud is.
4- You open MAUD
5- Click on 'File–Load data file' or drag the file to the red letters indicated above. Open the diffractogram (the
.txt or .dat extension)
6- We click on "phases", then on "Load an object from a (CIF) database or file..." and we select the file.
reference .cif (can be searched on the internet and downloaded)
Maud has a small database that may be useful (it's either this one or opening a .cif; not both) in C:\Maud\
[Link]. Choose one from the list (the material you are working with) and click Choose
If you click on the eye, you can see the properties of the .cif you just loaded.
8- Click on 'Datasets', then on the 'Calculator–Compute spectra'
9- Then you click on the light bulb.
10- Refining with the Hammer: (You can refine several times until sig<2 and RWP (%)<15)
If you still do not obtain an appropriate value, you can modify (increasing or decreasing) the values of _cel_length,
until you observe a good overlap of the graphs
11- Si arrastras el click sobre la figura formando un cuadro, haces un Zoom, donde puedes ver los detalles de la
superposition, if you want to return to the previous image, double click on the image.
12- We go back to 'Phases', then click on the 'eye' and we will see the network parameter.
13- To see details of the Miller indices, density, and more, we can click on 'Analysis' and 'Results'.