Pushing the Limits of X-Ray Powder Diffraction in the Laboratory

Typically, the reference for high resolution and high intensity in powder diffraction is the use of the synchrotron radiation. However getting access to such large scale facilities might be a tedious task and definitively not as often as one would like. Consequently, it is important to know how far one can push the limits of a powder diffraction in the laboratory. Using various examples of materials, from perovskite materials, to permanent magnets or mineralogical related materials; we will review what can be done in the laboratory and see how it can compete with synchrotron radiation in some instances.