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ORTEP-III: Oak Ridge Thermal Ellipsoid Plot Program for crystal structure illustrations

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/369685· OSTI ID:369685

This report describes a computer program for drawing crystal structure illustrations. Ball-and-stick type illustrations of a quality suitable for publication are produced with either spheres or thermal-motion probability ellipsoids on the atomic sites. The program can also produce stereoscopic pairs of illustrations which aid in the visualization of complex packing arrangements of atoms and thermal motion patterns. Interatomic distances, bond angles, and principal axes of thermal motion are also calculated to aid the structural study.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
369685
Report Number(s):
ORNL--6895; ON: DE96014593
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English