Incoherent scattering corrections for forward scattering of neutrons by aqueous buffers. Temperature dependence and influence of absorbing salts

Following the procedure suggested by May, Ibel & Haas [J. Appl. Cryst. (1982), 15, 15–19] for the correlation of transmission data with the level of neutrons scattered incoherently into the full solid angle 4π measurements have been made of the transmission and incoherent scattering intensities of aqueous buffers of different H₂O/D₂O ratios at temperatures between 280 and 343 K. That it is possible to extend the proposed calibration procedure to absorbing-ions-containing buffers is also shown.