Neutrons scatter off molten uranium trichloride (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons scatter off molten uranium trichloride

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In this illustration, neutrons produced at the SNS (purple dots) scatter off molten UCl3, depicted in green, revealing its atomic structure. Yellow and white globs (simulated data) represent the oscillating UCI3 bonds.

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Alex Ivanov/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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