The earliest neutron sources
Howard, C.J. and
Kisi, E.H.,
International Tables for Crystallography
(2019).
Vol. H,
Section 2.3.3.1,
p.
[ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000938 ]
2013). Evidently, Wollan & Borst (1945) obtained rocking curves when collimated thermal neutrons from X-10 were beamed onto single crystals of gypsum and rocksalt, while Zinn was able to reflect neutrons from a
calcite crystal [see, for example ...
Neutron sources
Howard, C.J. and
Kisi, E.H.,
International Tables for Crystallography
(2019).
Vol. H,
Section 2.3.3,
p.
[ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000938 ]
will be presented in Section
2.3.3.3 .
2.3.3.2. Fission reactors for neutron-beam research
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Reactors used for neutron-beam research all rely on the fissile uranium isotope 9 . This constitutes only about 0.7 ...