Lecture 5 (16-Aug-2016)

Surjeet Singh

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2p/b

FT

2p/a

Max von Laue Nobel Prize: 1914

k k = G
Reciprocal lattice= {Gi}

Nobel Prize: 1915

for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays

2d sinq = nl

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(1) Rotating Crystal
(2) Fixed crystal but white radiation
(3) Powder sample (randomly oriented)

Same Crystal as in the previous slide

Measured in Bragg-Brentano geometry:
Left panel: Crystal specimen, Right panel: same specimen powdered

Note: in the powder patter, Si referes to Silicon. Powder of Silicon is mixed as

An internal standard to correct for 2q errors.

Lattice with basis

X-ray diffracted from the atoms of the BASIS interfere destructively leading
To an extinction in the LAUE allowed direction

XO + OY = (k k).T = G.T = 2pl

Thanks!