Apr 28, 2019
Road to Crystalline © Tanya Rusnak
X-ray diffraction, a phenomenon in which the atoms of a crystal, by virtue of their uniform spacing, cause an interference pattern of the waves present in an incident beam of X rays. The atomic planes of the crystal act on the X rays in exactly the same manner as does a uniformly ruled grating on a beam of light.
X-ray diffraction | physics - Encyclopedia Britannica