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Workspace Method diameter_maxFromDiameter_volume_equ

Description

Calculates maximum and area equivalent diameters from volume
equivalent diameter.

This is primarily a help function for using the T-matrix method
and only a few particle shapes are handled. 
For shapes handled and further comments on the input arguments, see
scat_data_singleTmatrix.

Area equivalent diameter is the equivalent sphere diameter
corresponding to the "maximum axial area". This is the largest
cross-sectional area of the particle, observed either along the
particle's main axis or in the perpendicular direction. That is,
for a cylinder having diameter d and thickness h, this area is
either (pi*d^2)/4 or (h*d).

Authors: Johan Strandgren, Patrick Eriksson

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