X-Ray Diffraction and Characterization of Crystalline Materials

K Prathap¹

¹Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Christu Jyothi Institute of Technology & Science, Yaswanthapur, Jangaon, Warangal, (A.P.)

Abstract

X-ray crystallography is a tool used for determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystals. Although Bragg's law nλ = 2d sinΘ was used to explain the interference pattern of X-rays scattered by crystals, diffraction has been developed to study the structure of all states of matter with any beam, e.g., ions, electrons, neutrons, and protons, with a wavelength similar to the distance between the atomic or molecular structures of interest. The method also revealed the structure and function of many biological molecules, including vitamins, drugs, proteins and nucleic acids such as DNA. X-ray crystallography is still the chief method for characterizing the atomic structure of new materials and in discerning materials that appear similar by other experiments.

Keywords

• X-ray diffraction, Crystals, Characterization, Bragg's law

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K Prathap. X-Ray Diffraction and Characterization of Crystalline Materials. International Conference on Information Engineering, Management and Security 2014. Vol. 1. Chennai: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties, 2014. 320-324. Print.