POWGEN: rebuild of a third-generation powder diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source

Abstract

The neutron powder diffractometer POWGEN at the Spallation Neutron Source has recently (2017-2018) undergone an upgrade which resulted in an increased detector complement along with a full overhaul of the structural design of the instrument. The current instrument has a solid angular coverage of 1.2 steradians and maintains the original third-generation concept, providing a single-histogram data set over a wide <i>d</i>-spacing range and high resolution to access large unit cells, detailed structural refinements and <i>in situ</i>/<i>operando</i> measurements.