An IUCr nomenclature committee once recommended eradication of the
"B-factor". Trueblood, et al. Acta Cryst (1996) A52, 770-781.
Whether or not the factor of 8 pi squared can be eradicated,
the publication is worth reading because it discusses what is modeled
by Ueq (times 8 pi squared = B), and it has some historical information.
Well, "eradication" is what I understood. Sorry to seem uncertain in
public, but I just looked at the paper again and I wonder what I
understand.
-Dan
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Rajesh Kumar Singh wrote:
> May be too trivial, I was just wondering
> what "B" stands for in the term "B-factor".
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> Thanks
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> Rajesh
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