Design characteristics and first experience concerning the new high-resolut
ion powder diffractometer for thermal neutrons at the Swiss spallation neut
ron source SINQ are summarized. It is based on a linear position-sensitive
He-3 detector with 1600 wires and angular separation of 0.1 degrees, permit
ting also real-time experiments. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.