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    Neutron scattering, the irregular dispersal of free neutrons by matter, can refer to either the naturally occurring physical process itself or to the man-made...
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    Neutron diffraction or elastic neutron scattering is the application of neutron scattering to the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure...
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    and neutron scattering inside nuclear reactors. The types of non-uniformities which can cause scattering, sometimes known as scatterers or scattering centers...
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    Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is an experimental technique that uses elastic neutron scattering at small scattering angles to investigate the...
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    material called a moderator. The probability of scattering of a neutron from a nucleus is given by the scattering cross section. The first few collisions with...
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    occur is for the neutron to be ejected by the nucleus. If the neutron is emitted immediately, it acts the same as in other scattering events. The nucleus...
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    used in radiocarbon dating. Cold, thermal and hot neutron radiation is most commonly used in scattering and diffraction experiments, to assess the properties...
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    neutrons. Cold, thermal, and hot neutron radiation is commonly employed in neutron scattering facilities for neutron diffraction, small-angle neutron...
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    number of collisions with nuclei (scattering) in a medium (neutron moderator) at this temperature, those neutrons which are not absorbed reach about...
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  • The interference effects in coherent scattering can be computed via the coherent scattering length of neutrons, being proportional to the amplitude of...
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    Neutron spin echo spectroscopy is an inelastic neutron scattering technique invented by Ferenc Mezei in the 1970s and developed in collaboration with...
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    neutron scattering technique. He also conducted research on condensed matter. Professor Shull's prize was awarded for his pioneering work in neutron scattering...
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  • A neutron reflector is any material that reflects neutrons. This refers to elastic scattering rather than to a specular reflection. The material may be...
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  • Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) designates a limiting case of inelastic neutron scattering, characterized by energy transfers being small compared...
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    The neutron flux is a scalar quantity used in nuclear physics and nuclear reactor physics. It is the total distance travelled by all free neutrons per...
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    Powder diffraction (category Neutron-related techniques)
    further complication in the case of neutron scattering from hydrogenous materials is the strong incoherent scattering of hydrogen (80.27(6) barn). This...
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  • one component of a multi-component system can provide contrast for neutron scattering experiments, where the contrast obtained by using deuterated solvents...
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    scattering factor, is a measure of the scattering amplitude of a wave by an isolated atom. The atomic form factor depends on the type of scattering,...
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    A neutron source is any device that emits neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons. Neutron sources are used in physics, engineering...
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    Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor (category Neutron facilities)
    Bragg Institute's park of neutron scattering instruments. Neutron guide The instrument is located on the TG1 thermal neutron guide of the OPAL reactor...
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  • Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a small-angle scattering technique by which nanoscale density differences in a sample can be quantified. This means...
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    the world. Neutron scattering allows scientists to count scattered neutrons, measure their energies and the angles at which they scatter, and map their...
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    terms (absorption, out-scattering, and leakage) and the source terms (in-scatter and fission) are proportional to the neutron flux, contrasting with fixed-source...
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    Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. Since neutrons...
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    Neutron Scattering Center (Lujan Center) employs a pulsed spallation neutron source equipped with time-of-flight spectrometers for neutron scattering...
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    with a number of materials through elastic scattering producing a recoiling nucleus, inelastic scattering producing an excited nucleus, or absorption...
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  • MURR contributes to research in boron neutron capture therapy, neutron scattering and neutron interferometry, neutron transmutation doping of semiconductor...
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    Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in many materials. NAA allows discrete sampling...
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    United Kingdom. It uses the techniques of muon spectroscopy and neutron scattering to probe the structure and dynamics of condensed matter on a microscopic...
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    Spin echo small angle neutron scattering (SESANS) measures structures from around 20 to 2000 nm in size. The information is presented as a real-space (similar...
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