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surface instead of sphere QT'R' for an amorphous prism.<br />

For neutron incidence along RO on the Bragg prism, the allowed internal wave vector in forward<br />

diffracted direction is hence TO, differing from RO only by the vector RT (Fig.13) along the<br />

incidence surface normal n i .<br />

Likewise, at the exit surface, the emergent wave vector SO can be arrived at. The exit angle of the<br />

forward diffracted beam B +LS/k O , thus differs from the incidence angle ( B +LR/k O ) by the Bragg<br />

prism deflection –RS/k O , written as<br />

<br />

. (52)<br />

cr<br />

<br />

O<br />

(n 1 ) cot(<br />

B S) cot(A<br />

B S)<br />

kO<br />

Here O<br />

symbolises the difference between magnitudes of TO and T'O and is obtained as<br />

<br />

sin( ) F <br />

O<br />

<br />

<br />

1/2<br />

B S H<br />

2<br />

bCN y(1 1 y )<br />

sin( B S) FO<br />

. (53)<br />

Here, symbols have their usual meanings viz., y denotes scaled deviation of incidence angle from<br />

centre of Bragg diffraction C (cf. Eq.(27)), F O and F H stand for structure factor magnitude for O<br />

and H reflection respectively. O is positive and negative respectively for (y0)<br />

branches of the dispersion surface. The difference between cr and am thus originates from O<br />

which vanishes for an amorphous material. O and hence the deflection cr vary sharply with<br />

incidence angle, the reflection {hkl} and asymmetry of Bragg configuration S . cr reaches extrema<br />

at either end of the total reflection domain, viz., y=±1 and can be enhanced for the opposite<br />

asymmetry (viz., S ~ – B ) and by employing full {hkl} reflections (F O ≈ F H ).<br />

Eqs.(53) in (52), lead to the relation,<br />

<br />

F sin( )<br />

cr<br />

am<br />

<br />

<br />

FO sin( B S)<br />

H<br />

B S<br />

2<br />

1 y 1 1 y .<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

(54)<br />

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