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Applications of both elastic and inelastic scattering of neutrons in chemistry are presented. The special requirements for instrumentation at a steady state reactor and at a pulsed source are given and performances for special applications are compared throughout the paper. Both types of sources are equally well suited for most purposes. Gain factors could be realised by proper development of instruments which are conceived to use the peak flux of a pulsed source by time of flight techniques.
The examples of single crystal diffraction include high precision electron and magnetization density work. It is emphasized that novel applications will be feasible if polarization analysis of scattered neutrons is introduced on a great scale. The contribution of neutron scattering to our understanding of the structure of solutions is demonstrated and some applications in material sciences are reported. It is pointed out throughout the article that neutrons contribute to the knowledge of static structure as well as to dynamical processes. Some examples of inelastic neutron scattering as spectroscopy on molecules, molecular groups and fragments demonstrate the great potential of the neutron to elucidate diffusion, rotation or tunneling motion in molecules and crystals.
It is concluded that a definite need exists for a neutron source with higher fluxes than those at present available.
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Fuess, H. (1988). Applications of Neutron Scattering in Chemistry. Pulsed and Continuous Sources in Comparison. In: Carrondo, M.A., Jeffrey, G.A. (eds) Chemical Crystallography with Pulsed Neutrons and Synchroton X-rays. NATO ASI Series, vol 221. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4027-7_5
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