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X-rays, What Are They?

X-rays Reveal Crystal Structures

  The Bragg formula
 

William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence developed the method to analyze crystal structures using X-rays.

The famous Bragg formula relates the wavelength  of the X-ray with the distance d between crystal planes and the incident angle of the X-ray  giving rise to constructive interference.

For their analysis of crystal structures they were awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize.

 

Related Laureates

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 - Sir William Henry Bragg  »  The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 - William Lawrence Bragg  »  


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