| The Theory of Crystal Structure Analysis Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Kitaigorodskii, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475703422 ISBN-13: 9781475703429 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Crystallography |
| Dewey: 548 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 275 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Structure analysis is based on the phenomena of the diffraction of radia- tion by materials. In the first ten to twenty years after Laue's discovery, a very complete theory was developed for the diffraction of x-rays and, later, of electrons. This theory led to equations by means of which it was possible to compute the intensity pattern for a given structure. The theory of structure analysis came to mean that of the diffraction of radiation. In 1935, Patterson pointed out a way leading to the solution of the inverse problem: the finding of the structure from a given intensity distribution pattern. At first the conservatism of researchers, and then the war, hampered the de- velopment and broad application of the ideas set forth in this work. It was only during the last ten years that all the rich possibilities of the Patterson method - the method of the analysis of the convolution of the electron density - were brought to light and applied in practice. |