J. Appl. Cryst. (1995). 28, 49-52 [ doi:10.1107/S0021889894009635 ]
Abstract: The form of the transmission factor for sample geometries encountered in X-ray and neutron fibre diffraction studies is considered. Transmission factors obtained by Monte Carlo experiments and a simple first-order approximation are compared and agree to within 1% for studies of the distribution of water and cations around DNA. The first-order approximation has the advantage of being simple and less computationally expensive.
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