.1) Neutron diffraction
• diffraction
– interference of elastically scattered waves
– same in principle as X-ray diffraction
• Bragg's law: 2dsinθ = nλ
– 2θ is scattering angle
– d is interatomic spacing
– larger distance d gives smaller scattering angle 2θ
• measure counts as a function of 2θ
gives diffraction "pattern" or "spectrum"
• scattering vector Q is commonly used instead of 2θ
– Q = 2π/d = 4πsinθ/λ