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Title

3.8 - Limitations to X-ray Crystallography

Author(s)

Paul A. Heiney, University of PennsylvaniaFollow

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Date

7-25-2016

Description

Limitations of crystallography due to: powder samples, finite angular range, the phase problem. Common solutions to these problems. Time 7:02.

Related Resources

Videos 3.1-3.9 are the most mathematical in the series, and require some knowledge of vectors and calculus. The most calculus-heavy videos are 3.1-3.5, and these can be skipped by those with less mathematical background.

Keywords

Powder diffraction, Abbe, Nyquist, phase problem

Disciplines

Physics

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