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# QualX

QualX is a software for qualitative X-ray powder diffraction analysis. It allows phase identification of crystalline materials by comparing experimental diffraction patterns against reference databases.

## Features

- Import and visualize powder diffraction patterns
- Background estimation and subtraction
- Automatic and manual peak search
- Search/Match against crystallographic databases (COD, PDF-2)
- Figure of Merit (FOM) scoring for phase identification
- Quantitative phase analysis (RIR method)
- Project save/load (.qxp format)

## Quick Links

- Installation
- Database Installation
- Getting Started
- Search & Match

## Citing QualX

If you use QualX in your research, please cite one of the following works:

1. Altomare, A., Corriero, N., Cuocci, C., Falcicchio, A., Moliterni, A. and Rizzi, R., 'Main features of QUALX2.0 software for qualitative phase analysis' (2017). Powder Diffr. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715617000240

2. Altomare, A., Corriero, N., Cuocci, C., Falcicchio, A., Moliterni, A. and Rizzi, R., 'QUALX2.0: a qualitative phase analysis software using the freely available database POW_COD' (2015). J. Appl. Cryst. 48, 598–603. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576715002319

3. Altomare, A., Cuocci, C., Giacovazzo, C., Moliterni, A. and Rizzi, R., 'QUALX: A computer program for qualitative analysis using powder diffraction data' (2008). J. Appl. Cryst. 41(4), 815–817. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889808016956

## Contact

IC-CNR Bari — https://www.ic.cnr.it/

Name | Email
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Corrado Cuocci | corrado.cuocci@cnr.it
Angela Altomare | angela.altomare@cnr.it
Anna Moliterni | annagrazia.moliterni@cnr.it