COMPARISON BETWEEN X-RAY,

NEUTRON AND ELECTRON

X-Ray

Electron

Neutron

X-ray is the cheapest Electron beam can

and most convenient easily produced by
and widely used
cathode tube easily
method

Neutron sources
limited so neutron
diffraction is very
special tool and very
expensive

X-ray have energy

E=10^4 e V

Electrons have the

energy E = 40 e V

Neutrons have the

energy E= 0.08 e V

Wavelength needed
for crystal diffraction
of the order of =1
which is same size
as an atom

Wavelength needed
for crystal diffraction
of the order of =1

Wavelength needed
for crystal diffraction
of the order of =2