Methane as a Normalisation Standard for Gases in Thermal Neutron Experiments

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Benmore, Chris | Mos, Barry | Egelstaff, Peter | Verkerk, Peter

Affiliations: Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 | Interfacultair Reactor Insituut, Technische Universiteit Delft, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands

Note: [] Corresponding author. Now at ISIS Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 OQX, UK. Fax: 1235-445103. E-mail: cb@isise.rl.ac.uk

Abstract: The accurate calibration of neutron scattering experiments is a topic of continuing interest to experimentalists. In this letter we demonstrate how theoretical models for low density methane gas may be used for the normalisation of neutron scattering data from liquids and compressed gases.

Keywords: methane, normalisation, neutron scattering, gases, liquids

DOI: 10.1080/10238169808200040

Journal: Journal of Neutron Research, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 279-285, 1998