Data smoothing and distortion of X-ray diffraction peaks. II. Application

Based on the analysis of geometric relations, it is found that the amplitude of the distortion of the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of a peak after smoothing is the largest among the distortions of the seven parameters of a peak: maximum intensity, FWHM, shape, asymmetry, integral intensity, peak position and integral width. It is found that the smoothing-induced distortions of an actual X-ray diffraction peak trend towards those of ideal curves.