IBARAKI materials design diffractometer (iMATERIA)-Versatile neutron diffractometer at J-PARC

被引:118
作者
Ishigaki, T. [1 ]
Hoshikawa, A. [1 ]
Yonemura, M. [1 ]
Morishima, T. [2 ]
Kamiyama, T. [2 ]
Oishi, R. [3 ]
Aizawa, K. [4 ]
Sakuma, T. [1 ]
Tomota, Y. [1 ]
Arai, M. [4 ]
Hayashi, M. [5 ]
Ebata, K. [5 ]
Takano, Y. [5 ]
Komatsuzaki, K. [5 ]
Asano, H. [5 ]
Takano, Y. [5 ]
Kasao, T. [5 ]
机构
[1] Ibaraki Univ, Hitachi, Ibaraki 3168511, Japan
[2] KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan
[3] J NOP, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050047, Japan
[4] Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Tokai, Ibaraki 3191195, Japan
[5] Ibaraki Prefectural Govt, Mito, Ibaraki 3108555, Japan
关键词
Neutron diffraction; Powder diffractometer; Materials design; Industrial application; POWDER DIFFRACTOMETER; DIFFRACTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2008.11.137
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Ibaraki prefecture, the local government of the area for J-PARC site, was decided to build a versatile neutron diffractometer (IBARAKI Materials Design Diffractometer, iMATERIA) to promote an industrial application for neutron beam in J-PARC. iMATERIA is planned to be a high throughput diffractometer so that materials engineers and scientists can use it like the chemical analytical instruments in their materials development process. It covers in d range 0.18 < d (<(A)over bar>) < 5 with triangle d/d=0.16% at high resolution bank, and covers 5<d ((A) over bar)<800 with gradually changing resolution at three detector bank (90 degrees, low angle and small angle). Typical measuring time to obtain a 'Rietveld-quality' data is several minutes with the sample size of laboratory X-ray diffractometer. To promote industrial application, a utilization system for this diffractometer is required. We will establish a support system for both academic and industrial users who are willing to use neutron but have not been familiar with neutron diffraction. The analysis software is also very important for powder diffraction, we will also prepare a software package consisting of combination of several powder-diffraction software, structural databases and visualization. The construction of iMATERIA will be completed in the end of April 2008, as one of day-one instruments for J-PARC. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:189 / 191
页数:3
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