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  x-ray diffraction

  noun

  diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
• X-ray diffraction
  X-ray diffraction

  noun

  the scattering of X-rays on contact with matter, resulting in changes in radiation intensity, which is used for studying atomic structure

x-ray diffraction

American  

noun

Physics.

1. diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.

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X-ray diffraction British  

noun

1. the scattering of X-rays on contact with matter, resulting in changes in radiation intensity, which is used for studying atomic structure

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x-ray diffraction Scientific  

1. The scattering of x-rays by crystal atoms, producing a diffraction pattern that yields information about the structure of the crystal. X-ray diffraction is used in x-ray crystallography.

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Etymology

Origin of x-ray diffraction

First recorded in 1940–45

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Working with the molecules, he combined state-of-the-art experimental techniques including time-resolved in situ atomic-force microscopy at near-molecular resolution, x-ray diffraction, absorption spectroscopy and scanning electron microcopy.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

Peterson ran chemical and x-ray diffraction studies on track samples, testing, among other things, the soil's density, moisture content, and mineralogical qualities.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2019

Using x-ray diffraction data produced by Rosalind Franklin, they were the first to discern the structure of DNA that is so crucial to life.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In this way, they can look at the molecular properties and x-ray diffraction patterns of the silk as it is produced.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013

The Galisonian approach in the form of x-ray diffraction and NMR has been spectacularly successful in the application of chemistry to biological systems that culminated in the advent of molecular biology in the twentieth century.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 20, 2012

The single-crystal X-ray diffraction data collection and refinement were supported by the DOE Office of Science.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

Furthermore, through powder X-ray diffraction, researchers identified four distinct phase transitions occurring across temperatures ranging from -268°C to +800°C. Below room temperature, RbNbO3 exists in an orthorhombic phase, which is the most stable configuration.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

Firing X-rays at the powder and measuring them as they bounced off — a process known as X-ray diffraction — allowed the team to work out its structure.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2023

This phenomenon of X-ray diffraction is the basis for very powerful techniques enabling the determination of molecular structure.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

About six weeks before I first arrived there, he had shown X-ray diffraction pictures of DNA which revealed a marked absence of reflections on the meridian.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson