E9: The Fine Resolution Powder Diffractometer (FIREPOD) at BER II

A compact high-resolution X-ray powder diffractometer

A new powder diffractometer operating in transmission mode is described. It can work as a rapid very compact instrument or as a high-resolution instrument, and the sample preparation is simplified. The incident beam optics create pure Cu Kα1 radiation, giving rise to peak widths of ∼0.1° in 2θ in compact form with a sample-to-detector minimum radius of 55 mm, reducing to peak widths of <0.05° i...

Echidna—the new high-resolution powder diffractometer being built at OPAL

A new powder diffractometer aiming for high angular, and thus high reciprocal space, resolution is being constructed within the Neutron Beam Instrumentation Project at the upcoming Australian Neutron Source OPAL, near Sydney. The neutron flux at the sample can be expected to be up to 10 n/cm/s. With an array of 128 position sensitive detectors, each equipped with a 30 cm high Söller collimator ...

Building a high resolution total scattering powder diffractometer – upgrade of NPD at MLNSC

The neutron powder diffractometer NPD at the Manuel Lujan Neutron Scattering Center (MLNSC) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is the neutron powder diffractometer with the highest resolution in the United States. We are currently upgrading NPD by adding a large number of position-sensitive detectors in the backscattering position. The upgraded instrument will make it possible to collect data fr...

A two-circle powder diffractometer for synchrotron radiation on Station 2.3 at the SRS

The High Resolution Powder Diffraction Beam Line at ESRF

The optical design and performance of the high-resolution powder diffraction beam line BM16 at ESRF are discussed and illustrated. Some recent studies carried out on BM16 are described, including crystal structure solution and refinement, anomalous scattering, in situ measurements, residual strain in engineering components, investigation of microstructure, and grazing-incidence diffraction from...