%0 journal article %@ 0021-8898 %A Stuhrmann, H.B. %D 2007 %J Journal of Applied Crystallography %N S1 %P s23-s27 %R doi:10.1107/S0021889807003718 %T Contrast variation in X-ray and neutron scattering %U https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889807003718 S1 %X This contribution is meant to highlight some progress in those areas of contrast variation which are known to be technically more difficult but which promise interesting applications. These concern the use of the anomalous dispersion of light elements, like sulfur and phosphorus in structural studies and experiments of polarized neutron scattering from nuclear spin polarized samples.