Bragg's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A law that equates the angle (θ) between the incident and scattered ray to the spacing (d) between the crystal planes and the wavelength (λ) of the radiation - nλ=2d sin (θ),

Word forms

Bragg's law

Etymology

Bragg diffraction was first proposed by Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg in 1913.

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