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neutron diffraction (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 neutron diffractions)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/15 08:12 UTC 版)
Neutron diffraction or elastic neutron scattering is the application of neutron scattering to the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure of a material: A sample to be examined is placed in a beam of thermal or cold neutrons to obtain a diffraction pattern that provides information of the structure of the material. The technique is similar to X-ray diffraction but due to the different scattering properties of neutrons versus x-rays complementary information can be obtained.