[Home]X-ray crystallography

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Fourier transform
[reciprocal space]?
diffractometer?
[molecular model]?
[space group]?
*Fourier transform
*[reciprocal space]?
*diffractometer?
*[molecular model]?
*[space group]?

A technique in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of x-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal are recorded and then analyzed to reveal the nature of that lattice.

The material and molecular structure of a substance can often be inferred from the quantitative study of this pattern. It is widely used in chemistry and biochemistry to determine the structure of molecules.


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