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Neutrons: The Kinder, Gentler Probe of Condensed Matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

John D. Axe
John D. Axe*
Affiliation:
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY 11973
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Abstract

Neutrons play an increasingly important role in the characterization of advanced modern materials. They provide information that complements rather than competes with that provided by other scattering probes. Although neutrons require heroic efforts to produce, the techniques for using them are not particularly difficult, and with the advent of sufficient user friendly facilities, are becoming a routine tool in the arsenal of expanding numbers of materials scientists.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 166: Symposium J – Neutron Scattering for Materials Science , 1989 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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