Fast high-resolution characterization of powders using an imaging plate Guinier camera

The following desirable features are noted for the instrumental combination studied: production of high quality X-ray data at a very fast rate, very accurate intensity measurements, sharp diffraction patterns due to small instrumental broadening and a pure monochromatic beam, and small position errors for 2θ from 4 to 80°. There is no evidence for extra line broadening by the IP camera detector setup. It was found that the relatively high instrumental background can be easily dealt with and does not pose difficulty in the analysis of the data. However, fluorescence cannot be filtered.