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Calculation of full-pattern neutron time-of-flight (TOF) powder diffraction patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2017

J. Faber
J. Faber*
Affiliation:
Faber Consulting, Thornton, Pennsylvania 19373
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: jgfaber@verizon.net
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Abstract

The ICDD has implemented an option in Powder Diffraction File (PDF)-4 products to calculate time-of-flight (TOF) neutron powder diffraction patterns using atomic coordinates and structure information (the PDF-4+ 2016 has 271 499 entries that contain atomic coordinates and structure data). The calculated pattern data are used to populate PDF data cells and entries that contain d-spaces and neutron intensities, and are also available for calculated on-the-fly fully digitized patterns. To extend this on-the-fly capability, we include size and strain effects that affect the profile shapes. For specific application to TOF neutron diffraction full pattern analyses, a method was developed for calculating a background function. This method treats incoherent scattering and a zeroth order approximation to thermal diffuse scattering. The results are compared with experimental data from SRM 640C (Si), SRM 676 (Al2O3 corundum), SRM 660C (LaB6), and NAC (Na2La3Al2F14) instrument standards. Finally, a comparison of the calculated total patterns (Bragg scattering plus background) scattering contrast between Nd2Ni2InD7.52 and Nd2Ni2InH7.52 shows the value of neutron scattering simulation for planning experiments.

Keywords

time-of-flight (TOF) neuron powder diffractionincluding Bragg scattering and background calculation using isotopic incoherent scattering and TDS
Type
Technical Articles
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 228 - 236
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 2017 

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