Small-angle neutron scattering from non-crystalline materials on a pulsed neutron source

Abstract

The small-angle neutron scattering technique is illustrated for a variety of amorphous materials by results obtained on the LOQ instrument at the ISIS pulsed neutron source. The simultaneous use of neutron wavelengths of 2–10 Å is a particular advantage of the pulsed source which gives good results over a wide Q range. Coupled with neutron contrast variation this gives a valuable insight into the structure of materials in the size range 10–1000 Å.