IBARAKI Materials Design Diffractometer for J-PARC

Abstract

Ibaraki prefecture, the local government of the area for J-PARC site, has decided to build a versatile powder diffractometer (IBARAKI Materials Design Diffractometer) to promote industrial applications for neutron beams in J-PARC. This diffractometer is designed to be a high throughput one enabling materials scientists to use it like the chemical analytical instruments in their material development processes. It covers in d range 0.18 < d ( Å ) < 5 with Δ d / d = 0.16 % at the high-resolution scattering detector bank, and covers 5 < d ( Å ) < 800 with gradually changing resolution. Typical measuring time to obtain a ‘Rietveld-quality’ data is several minutes for 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.