MULTIPLE-SCATTERING AND SELF-ABSORPTION CORRECTION FOR HIGH-PRESSURE NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION WITH CYLINDRICAL CELLS

A formalism for the multiple scattering and self-absorption correction for neutron diffraction experiments with thick-walled cylindrical cells is presented. The formalism, which is based on the optimized Monte Carlo technique, is described. For the isotropic case, secondary scattering coefficients and transmission factors are computed and compared with data from the literature. As a further test, a neutron diffraction experiment was performed on liquid deuterated benzene inside a thick-walled high-pressure cell, using an unusual beam geometry. The scattering of the liquid benzene is evaluated by means of the Monte Carlo program and compared with the result of a standard neutron diffraction experiment.