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1 online resource |
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International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography |
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International Union of Crystallography texts on crystallography
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Cover -- Contents -- 1 Significance of the discovery of X-ray diffraction -- 1.1 April 1912: a major discovery -- 1.2 Crystallography on the eve of the discovery of X-ray diffraction -- 1.3 Impact of the discovery on the chemical, biochemical, physical, material, and mineralogical sciences -- 2 The various approaches to the concept of space lattice -- 2.1 The space-filling approach -- 2.2 The close-packing approach -- 2.3 The molecular theories of the early nineteenth century physicists -- 3 The dual nature of light |
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3.1 The existing theories of light before Newton and Huygens3.2 F.M. Grimaldi and the diffraction of light, 1665 -- 3.3 I. Newton and the emission theory, 1672 -- 3.4 C. Huygens and the wave theory, 1678 -- 3.5 T. Young and the interference experiment, 1804 -- 3.6 A. Fresnel and the theory of diffraction, 1819 -- 3.7 A. Einstein and the photoelectric effect, 1905 -- 4 RÜntgen and the discovery of X-rays -- 4.1 8 November 1895: first observation -- 4.2 Before the discovery -- 4.3 28 December 1895: RÜntgen�s preliminary communication |
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880-01 5.8 W.H. Bragg and his corpuscular theory of X-rays, 19075.9 Diffraction by a slit: estimation of X-ray wavelengths -- 5.10 Derivation of X-ray wavelengths from the consideration of energy elements -- 5.11 J. Stark�s atomic constitution of the X-rays, 1909 -- 6 1912: The discovery of X-ray diffraction and the birth of X-ray analysis -- 6.1 Munich in 1912 -- 6.2 Ewald�s thesis, 1912 -- 6.3 M. Laue: Privatdozent in A. Sommerfeld�s Institute -- 6.4 Ewald�s question to Laue, January 1912 -- 6.5 Laue�s intuition, January 1912 |
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880-01/(S 4.4 The news of the discovery spread round the world4.5 Further investigations on X-rays by W.C. RÃœntgen, 1896, 1897 -- 4.6 Prior observations -- 4.7 â€?Lenard raysâ€? and â€?RÃœntgen raysâ€? -- 5 The nature of X-rays: waves or corpuscles? -- 5.1 The nature of cathode rays -- 5.2 The first hypotheses concerning the nature of X-rays -- 5.3 Discovery of γ-rays -- 5.4 Secondary X-rays -- 5.5 J.J. Thomson and the theory of X-ray scattering, 1898, 1903 -- 5.6 C.G. Barkla and X-ray polarization, 1905 -- 5.7 Characteristic X-ray lines |
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6.6 W. Friedrich and P. Knipping�s experiment: April�May 19126.7 The propagation of the news of the discovery and the first reactions -- 6.8 Ewald introduces the reciprocal lattice and the Ewald construction, mid-June 1912 -- 6.9 J. Stark�s �corpuscular� interpretation of the Laue diagrams -- 6.10 The news reaches W.H. Bragg: his first reactions -- 6.11 W.L. Bragg and Bragg�s law -- 6.12 The viewpoint of a science historian: the Forman�Ewald controversy -- 7 1913: The first steps -- 7.1 First experiments in the reflection geometry |
| Summary |
The modern applications of X-ray crystallography range from drug design to characterisation of high technology materials. This book tells the story of its pioneers and relates how the first crystal structures were determined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-432) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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X-ray crystallography.
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X-rays -- Diffraction.
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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X-Ray Diffraction
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x-ray diffraction.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Crystallography.
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X-ray crystallography
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X-rays -- Diffraction
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191635014 |
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0191635014 |
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1299690807 |
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9781299690806 |
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9780191748219 |
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0191748218 |
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