Accession Number:

ADA056662

Title:

Geometrical Problems with a Position Sensitive Detector Employed on a Diffractometer, Including its Use in the Measurement of Stress.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

NORTHWESTERN UNIV EVANSTON IL DEPT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• James,Michael R.
• Cohen,Jerome B.

Report Date:

1978-06-16

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

Defocusing errors associated with the use of a straight one-dimensional position sensitive detector on a powder diffractometer are examined. At high angles, the error is less than the resolution of currently available detectors for x-rays. Author

Descriptors:

• *STRESS ANALYSIS
• *ERROR ANALYSIS
• *DIFFRACTOMETERS
• ANGLES
• POSITION(LOCATION)
• SENSITIVITY
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• RESIDUAL STRESS
• GEOMETRY
• FOCUSING

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE