Neutron diffraction

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Neutron diffraction is a method for the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure of a material. It can be equally well applied to study crystalline solids (see crystallography), gasses, liquids or amorphous materials. Neutron diffraction is a form of elastic scattering where the neutrons exiting the experiment have more or less the same energy as the incident neutrons. The technique is similar to X-ray diffraction but the different type of radiation gives complementary information. A sample to be examined is placed in a beam of thermal or cold neutrons and the intensity pattern around the sample gives information of the structure of the material.

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Neutron diffraction is a method for the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure of a material. It can be equally well applied to study crystalline solids (see crystallography), gasses, liquids or amorphous materials. Neutron diffraction is a form of elastic scattering where the neutrons exiting the experiment have more or less the same energy as the incident neutrons. The technique is similar to X-ray diffraction but the different type of radiation gives complementary information. A sample to be examined is placed in a beam of thermal or cold neutrons and the intensity pattern around the sample gives information of the structure of the material.