Structural Study by energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction of Amorphous mixed Hydhroxycarbonates containing Co, Cu, Zn, Al

A non commercial theta-theta energy dispersive X-ray diffractometer equipped with a solid state detector has been used for the determination of the amorphous structures of nine mixed hydroxycarbonates containing Co, Cu, Zn and Al. Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXD) provides information about the local order around the divalent metal ions and Al-III. An octahedral configuration around all the cations was found. Debye functions were calculated and compared with the experimental curves.