answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

X-ray diffraction is based on photons which are massless particles; neutron diffraction is based neutrons which possess mass and about 1000 heavier than electrons.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Difference between x ray diffraction and neutron diffraction?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the difference between x-ray diffraction and electron diffraction?

Although many people would not fully understand this electron diffraction gives you only one plane. X-Ray diffraction will give you a scattering of all the planes in one measurement.


Process used to make images of DNA?

The process used to make images of DNA is X-ray Diffraction.


What can you do by X-ray diffraction?

X-ray diffraction is a common method for determining crystal structure.


How did Francis Frick and James Watson try to understand the structure of DNA?

X-ray diffraction pictures. A scattering of X-ray beams off the atoms of a crystalline substance to try and deduce the form of the substance. PS That was Wilkins.


What are the evidence that water is a bent polar molecule?

The molecular geometry of compounds is determined using physical methods of analysys: X-ray difractometry, neutron diffraction, Raman and IR spectroscopy, etc.


What is the basic principle of x- ray diffraction?

The idea is that, due to the small wavelength of X-rays, atoms can serve as a diffraction grid - causing diffraction patterns. (If you don't know about diffraction, I suggest you search in the questions for "diffraction", or ask a separate question for diffraction.) Crystals are good for this, because of their regular structure.


The technique that uses X-rays to aid in identifying chemical structures is called?

X-ray Diffraction


What is the difference between Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray writer?

there is no difference.


Will a neutron star eventually go supernova?

No. A neutron star is left behind after a supernova. However, some gamma ray bursts may result from a collision between neutron stars.


What is determined of an element experimentally by X-ray diffraction of a crystal of the element?

Elemental carbon can have two different solid phases with differing spatial (position) ... Crystal structures are determined experimentally by X-Ray Diffraction. So the position of the element is determined experimentally by X-ray diffraction of a crystal of the element.


What is the main purpose of x ray diffraction?

its used in studying crystals (X ray crystallography)


What is the principles of x ray diffraction?

The idea is that, due to the small wavelength of X-rays, atoms can serve as a diffraction grid - causing diffraction patterns. (If you don't know about diffraction, I suggest you search in the questions for "diffraction", or ask a separate question for diffraction.) Crystals are good for this, because of their regular structure.