CrystalDiffract lets you interactively smooth your observed data, so as to make it easier to locate peaks.

Smooth an observed pattern Hide
  1. Select the observed pattern(s) you wish to smooth.

  2. Open the Smoothing group in the Parameters Inspector.

  3. Set the Smooth data checkbox.

    Your observed pattern is replotted, using a bilinear smoothing algorithm.

  4. Adjust the Radius slider and text box to control the amount of smoothing.

  5. To compare smoothed and unsmoothed data, set the Overlay smoothed data checkbox.

See Also

Subtracting the background