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Nitrogen Contamination in Elastic Neutron Scattering
Published
Author(s)
Song Xue Chi, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Ying Chen, William D. Ratcliff, Benjamin Ueland, Nicholas P. Butch, Shanta R. Saha, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Johnpierre Paglione
Abstract
Nitrogen gas accidentally sealed in a sample container produces various spurious effects in elastic neutron scattering measurements. These effects are systematically investigated and the details of the spurious scattering are presented.
Chi, S.
, Lynn, J.
, Chen, Y.
, Ratcliff, W.
, Ueland, B.
, Butch, N.
, Saha, S.
, Kirshenbaum, K.
and Paglione, J.
(2011),
Nitrogen Contamination in Elastic Neutron Scattering, Measurement Science and Technology, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908239
(Accessed October 20, 2025)