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Neutron Powder Diffraction Applications at the University of Missouri Research Reactor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

W. B. Yelon
Affiliation:
University of Missouri Research Reactor Columbia, MO 65211
F. K. Ross
Affiliation:
University of Missouri Research Reactor Columbia, MO 65211
R. Berliner
Affiliation:
University of Missouri Research Reactor Columbia, MO 65211
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Abstract

A neutron powder diffractometer at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) uses a linear position sensitive detector (PSD) which has increased both resolution and data acquisition rates. Rietveld analysis works as well with this system as with more conventional single and multi- Soller slit detector systems. This analysis has been successfully applied to problems involving more than 75 parameters and 1200 reflections and a future instrument upgrade should allow analyses which involve 100-150 parameters. A special advantage of the PSD instrument is that it needs only small (1-2 gm) samples to achieve high statistical accuracy.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1985

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