Good visual alignment of single crystal Cu(100)-p(1 x 1) and c(2 x 2)-
Bi surfaces was obtained, with an ungraded tilt sample-holder, by iter
atively varying (i) the current in three sets of orthogonal Helmholtz
coils around the LEED chamber, and (ii) the sample tilt, at low and hi
gh electron energies, respectively, until the observed diffraction pat
terns were symmetric at all energies. LEED I-V profiles of beams nomin
ally equivalent by symmetry are shown for a total of 16 nonequivalent
beams, between the two surfaces investigated. For Cu(100)-c(2 x 2)Bi,
where magnetic field elimination was more accurate than for clean Cu,
comparison of integral order beams with their average resulted in R-2
factors of 0.02 or better.