| Abstract: | Neutron diffraction provides a more detailed structure than X‐ray diffraction. In this study, a neutron crystal structure analysis of polyethylene‐d4 was carried out with a neutron imaging plate. This was the first crystal analysis of the crystalline polymer with the neutron fiber pattern. The procedure was almost the same as that in a previous work, in which the neutron structure analysis was carried out on the basis of the equatorial reflections. The azimuthal angle of the molecule with respect to the a axis was estimated to be 46.3°. This corresponded well to the value of 45° estimated in the previous work within the accuracy of the standard deviations. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 3836–3839, 2004 |
