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High-Resolution Analysis Using Bent Perfect Crystal in Powder Diffraction: Part I

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Three-axis setup using a bent perfect crystal monochromator and analyzer was tested in the diffraction study of α-Fe(211) polycrystalline pins with diameters of 8 and 2 mm. After the optimal conditions were realized at a neutron wavelength of 0.162 nm, a high angular resolution was achieved up to FWHM (Δd/d) = 4.7 × 10–3 and 3.5 × 10–3 for 8 and 2 mm pins, respectively, within the range of curvatures of the analyzer used. However, open beams were used, i.e., without Soller collimators. Such a diffraction setting can be used in powder diffraction studies, namely, in the analysis of small changes in the lattice parameters or small changes in the diffraction profile due to the application of an external load.

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We thank Ms. B. Michalcová for significant assistance in measurements and basic data processing.

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Measurements were carried out in the Center of Accelerators and Nuclear Analytical Methods, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CANAM NPI CAS) at Řež infrastructure (MŠMT project no. LM2015056). The presented experiments were also supported in the frame of the MŠMT projects: LM2015048 and the infrastructural “Experimental nuclear reactors LVR-15 and LR-0”. Bragg diffraction optics investigations are carried out in the Czech Republic with the support of ESS (project no. LM2010011: “Contribution to Partnership in Large Research Infrastructure of Pan-European Importance”).

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    P. Mikula, J. Šaroun & J. Stammers

  2. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Моscow, Russia

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Mikula, P., Šaroun, J., Stammers, J. et al. High-Resolution Analysis Using Bent Perfect Crystal in Powder Diffraction: Part I. J. Surf. Investig. 14 (Suppl 1), S146–S150 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451020070320

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