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Neutron Powder Diffraction: A Powerful Materials Research Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

W I F David
W I F David*
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 OQX, UK
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Abstract

Neutron powder diffraction is a powerful technique that provides a detailed description of moderately complex crystal structures. This is nowhere more apparent than in the area of high temperature superconductors where neutron powder diffraction has provided precise structural and magnetic information, not only under ambient conditions but also at high and low temperatures and high pressures. Outside superconductor research, the variety of materials studied by neutron powder diffraction is equally impressive including zeolites, fast ionic conductors, permanent magnets and materials undergoing phase transitions. Recent advances that include high resolution studies and real-time crystallography will be presented. Future possibilities of neutron powder diffraction will be discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 166: Symposium J – Neutron Scattering for Materials Science , 1989 , 41
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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