New Capabilities for 2025
To enhance the value of the PDF® Databases, ICDD has incorporated many new developments for the 2025 product release. Every year, we listen to our customers to create a better product for you. Below are some value-added developments designed to make the ICDD products more functional and powerful for 2025.
Raman Search*
- Dynamic searches for new Raman data
- Periodic table search
- Mineral name search
- Formula search
- Locality search
- Description search
- Search values highlighted in table
- Save and retrieve searches
- Import Raman spectra for single-phase ID
- Supports data processing
*Only available in PDF-5+ and PDF-4 databases
Raman Entries*
- Entries Curated for Mineral Identification
- Non-mineral spectra planned for the future
- Displays Raman data
- Mineral name
- Measured formula
- Ideal formula
- Set 10-xxx-xxxx
- Displays Raman spectra
- Supports multiple wavelengths (user-selectable)
- Displays cross-references
- Raman patterns linked to XRD patterns
- Spectra curated from RRUFF linked to rruff.info
*Only available in PDF-5+ and PDF-4 databases
Autocomplete Name Search
Automatically suggests names based on user input using two methods:
- Uses substring search to suggest similar names
- Uses machine learning to suggest alternate spellings (if misspelled)
New Mineral Classifications
- IMA mineral symbols
- IMA mineral classifications
- Strunz-mindat classifications
Dynamic Hit Counts
- Displays search hit counts based on selected criteria
- For data mining searches
- For matches filters
New Graphing Features
- Unzoom button on right side of all x-y graphs
- Quickly save any graph using the right-click menu
- Includes 2D > 1D diffraction integration*
- Select image resolution when copying or saving a graph image
*Only available in PDF-4 and PDF-5+ databases
New SIeve/SIeve+ Features
- Supports importing STOE files
- 1D diffraction patterns
- Supports importing MarCCD image files*
- 2D diffraction patterns
- Supports importing CIF’s exported from Jana
- Automatically detects 2θ and intensity data if file format is not recognized
*Only available in PDF-5+ and PDF-4 databases
New SIeve/SIeve+ Features (cont.)
- Bulk peak edit: Remove peaks directly from the peaks table using a right-click menu
- Add or remove peaks without having to reset the session
- Zoom to peak option for trace phase analysis
- Add phases to a Custom PDF Set
- SIeve+ project files now save and restore all simulation settings*
- Geometry settings
- Profile settings
- Preferred orientation settings
- Internal standard settings
- Isotopic substitutions (neutrons)
*Only available in PDF-5+ and PDF-4 databases
Color Coded Features
*Only available in PDF-5+ and PDF-4 databases
