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Neutron Powder Diffraction at a Pulsed Neutron Source: A study of Resolution Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. Faber Jr.
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division Argonne, IL, 60439
R. L. Hitterman
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division Argonne, IL, 60439
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Abstract

The General Purpose Powder Diffractometer (GPPD), a high resolution (∆d/d=0.002) time-of-flight instrument, exhibits a resolution function that is almost independent of d-spacing. Some of the special properties of time-of-flight scattering data obtained at a pulsed neutron source will be discussed. A method is described that transforms wavelength dependent data, obtained at a pulsed neutron source, so that standard structural least-squares analyses can be applied. Several criteria are given to show when these techniques are useful in time-of-flight data analysis.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1985

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