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Calculations based on n-beam dynamical diffraction theory have shown that the intensities of rings and arcs in diffraction patterns from polycrystalline materials are strongly dependent on the experimental conditions. For arc patterns from BiOCl, calculations confirm a revised formula for the intensities from very thin crystals and indicate dependences on the distributions of orientation, thickness and bending of the crystals which are sufficient to account for the wide deviations of recent experimental results from the predictions of the primary extinction formula, based on the two-beam approximation. Inferences regarding the possible errors in electron diffraction analysis of crystal structures, especially for materials containing heavy atoms, are drawn from calculations relating to the intensities of arc patterns from AgTISe2. It is suggested that n-beam calculations should be made in order to avoid serious error in the refinement stages of a structure analysis.

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