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Title: THE SCATTERING OF NEUTRONS FROM POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4121338

Cross sections for coherent and incoherent scattering of neutrons from polycrystalline materials are discussed. It is shown that the incoherent elastic, incoherent inelastic, and coherent elastic cross sections may be calculated with negligible error using a simple Debye model to give the phonon spectrum. The criterion for determining which Debye parameter to use is discussed, and it is emphasized that it is important to allow a temperature dependence in this parameter in order to take account of the temperature dependence of the phonon spectrum. The Debye model gave results which may be in error by about 15% at very low incident energies for the coherent inelastic cross section. (auth)

Research Organization:
California. Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
NSA Number:
NSA-15-006745
OSTI ID:
4121338
Report Number(s):
UCRL-6112
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English