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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2013
Diffracted intensities from an X-ray diffractometer operating with fixed or variable divergence slits were compared, following a reported systematic deviation from the theoretical 1/sinθ intensity ratio between these two slit configurations. The theoretical relationship was found to hold over a wide 2θ range provided the anti-scatter slit did not obstruct the beam at higher diffraction angles as the variable slit increased beam divergence. Such obstruction was found to be a possible explanation for the reported deviation.