Linked from

The 47 pages that link to X-ray diffraction, each with the reason it gives.

• Compton scatteringRelated: Compton distinguished the shifted radiation from diffraction by the graphite crystal.

• Amorphous solidRelated: It reveals the absence of sharp periodic diffraction peaks in many amorphous solids.

• Rosalind FranklinRelated: The DNA patterns Franklin recorded encoded distances and symmetry within the molecule.

• MineralogyRelated: Diffraction patterns distinguish mineral phases and reveal their crystal structures.

• AnisotropyRelated: Diffraction patterns reveal crystal orientation and directional structure.

• Elastic scatteringRelated: Its elastic component produces coherent patterns that encode spatial order.

• CrystallinityRelated: Diffraction peak patterns and intensities help estimate crystalline order and fraction.

• Protein crystallographyRelated: Its interaction with electron clouds provides the measurements used in most protein crystal studies.

• Davisson–Germer experimentRelated: Its established crystal-diffraction framework helped interpret the electron intensity peaks.

• Mineral identificationRelated: Its structural fingerprint can confirm an identification when external properties are ambiguous.

• Dorothy HodgkinRelated: Diffraction patterns from crystals supplied the measurements Hodgkin interpreted.

• High-pressure mineral physicsRelated: It identifies crystal structures while samples remain under extreme conditions.

• Maurice WilkinsRelated: DNA’s diffraction patterns supplied the structural measurements central to Wilkins’s research.

• Mineral speciesRelated: Its measured patterns provide structural fingerprints for crystalline minerals.

• Silicon–oxygen tetrahedronRelated: The method that revealed silicon's fourfold coordination with oxygen in real crystals.

• Chlorite groupRelated: Diffraction patterns reveal chlorite's repeating layers and help distinguish it from similar minerals.

• High-pressure chemistryRelated: Diffraction patterns reveal crystal structures as pressure changes.

• PerthiteRelated: Diffraction can identify coexisting feldspar phases in perthitic material.

• Photo 51Related: The image records X-rays scattered by aligned DNA fibers.

• RustRelated: It reveals crystalline rust phases, while poorly ordered components can remain difficult to characterize.

• Sulfate mineralRelated: Diffraction patterns distinguish sulfate minerals with similar chemical compositions.

• ActinoliteRelated: Diffraction patterns can confirm actinolite when visual identification is uncertain.

• Arthur ComptonRelated: Compton’s earlier studies of X-ray scattering supplied experimental tools and context for his discovery.

• X-ray detectorRelated: Position-sensitive detectors record diffraction patterns used to determine crystal structure.

• CrystalliteRelated: Diffraction peak broadening can reveal crystallite dimensions.

• LazuriteRelated: Diffraction distinguishes lazurite’s crystalline framework from other blue minerals.

• JarositeRelated: X-ray diffraction can distinguish jarosite from other iron sulfate minerals in samples.

• Lawrence BraggRelated: The Braggs analyzed these patterns to infer crystal structures.

• Nucleic acid structureRelated: Diffraction patterns supplied key constraints on DNA's helical dimensions.

• Jerome KarleRelated: These measurements supplied the intensities used in Karle’s structure-solving methods.

• PolluciteRelated: Diffraction distinguishes pollucite’s crystal structure from compositionally related minerals.

• X unitRelated: Diffraction provides the measurement principle behind the crystal-based standard.