2007 年 49 巻 6 号 p. 347-353
Recent development of synchrotron powder diffractometry with a high resolution powder diffractometer with multiple-detector system (MDS) on the beemline BL-4B2 at the KEK Photon Factory (PF) in Tsukuba is described. Practical methods for analyzing the MDS data, including (i) precise evaluation and correction for counting-loss of detection systems, (ii) connection of segmented intensity data, (iii) deconvolution of instrumental aberration, and (iv) evaluation and removal of asymmetry in the spectroscopic distribution of the source X-ray, have been originally developed for the MDS diffractometer. It is shown that the KEK-PF MDS powder diffractometer has become a more advanced tool for precise and detailed evaluation of crystalline materials.