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The 25 pages that link to Neutron diffraction, each with the reason it gives.

• Crystal structureCompared with: Neutrons distinguish some neighboring elements and reveal magnetic order inaccessible to ordinary X-ray scattering.

• X-ray crystallographyCompared with: Neutrons reveal light atoms and isotopes differently from X-rays.

• X-ray diffractionCompared with: Neutrons complement X-rays by probing nuclei and magnetic moments with different sensitivities.

• Bragg's lawRelated: Neutrons also satisfy the law when diffracted by periodic crystal planes.

• Electron diffractionCompared with: Neutrons reveal magnetic structure and penetrate samples differently from electrons.

• CrystallographyRelated: Neutrons help locate light atoms and distinguish magnetic ordering in crystals.

• Reciprocal latticeRelated: Neutron scattering peaks are indexed by reciprocal-lattice vectors.

• Brillouin zoneRelated: Scattering measurements sample reciprocal-space features associated with zone geometry.

• AntiferromagnetismRelated: Neutron scattering can reveal alternating moments that produce no net magnetization.

• Mössbauer spectroscopyCompared with: It maps bulk structural order, whereas Mössbauer spectroscopy identifies resonant nuclei and their local environments.

• James ChadwickBroader topic: The discovery opened a probe of matter complementary to X-ray diffraction.

• Neutron scatteringBroader topic: Elastic scattering produces diffraction patterns that reveal long-range order.

• De Broglie wavelengthBroader topic: Neutron wavelengths are chosen to match atomic-scale spacings.

• Protein crystallographyCompared with: It complements X-ray studies when locating hydrogen atoms or distinguishing isotopes matters.

• Matter waveRelated: Neutrons' matter waves make crystal diffraction possible.

• Peter DebyeRelated: It extends diffraction methods that Debye helped establish beyond X-rays.

• Scattering theoryRelated: Neutrons reveal atomic positions and magnetic order through their scattering.

• Powder diffractionRelated: Neutrons complement X-rays, especially for locating light atoms and magnetic order.

• Max von LaueRelated: It uses a different probe to investigate structures first made accessible through X-ray diffraction.

• Bertram BrockhouseCompared with: Unlike Brockhouse’s inelastic measurements, diffraction chiefly maps structure rather than energy-changing dynamics.

• Clifford ShullRelated: Shull helped establish it as a method for locating atoms, including light elements, in crystals.

• Spontaneous magnetizationRelated: Magnetic Bragg peaks can reveal ordered moments below the transition temperature.

• De Broglie equationBroader topic: Neutron wavelengths set by momentum make atomic-scale diffraction possible.

• Louis NéelRelated: It later made direct measurements of the ordered magnetic structures Néel had theorized.

• Position and momentum spacesRelated: Diffraction measurements connect spatial structure to momentum transfer.