Screen shot: search-match

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CSM is primarily a search-match program, and combines a simple highly-automatic user interface with a very sophisticated search algorithm. The algorithm can work from raw data alone, peak data alone or a combination of the two.

The search needs one button press, takes a couple of seconds, and results in a list of candidates. 'Matching' a material is achieved simply by dragging from one list to another, at which point the program automatically re-sorts the candidates list to produce a list of suggested residual phases - no need to search again and no need to mark areas of your unknown pattern as matched.