Crystals Perfect and ImperfectTechnical account of their analysis by X-rays and how the new knowledge has had far-reaching effects on science and industry. |
Contents
Some Natural Crystals | 5 |
Invariant Change | 53 |
Within the Unit Cell | 79 |
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angle atomic planes atoms axes axis beam body-centered cubic bonds boundary Bragg Bragg's law Bravais lattice called chapter close-packed crystal growth crystal structure crystalline crystallographic cube cubic crystal cubic lattice dendritic determine diamond diffraction pattern direction droplet edge electric electrons energy equation equilibrium etch example experimental face-centered cubic Figure forces freezing frequency germanium grain grow heat hexagonal impurities incident interaction intercepts interface inversion ions Laue layer liquid magnetic material melt metal Miller indices Minerals Museum nature nearest neighbors neutrons normal modes nucleation nucleus orientation parallel particles perpendicular phase physicist physics point defects polycrystalline primitive cell properties quartz radiation rays result rotation screw dislocation shear shown in Fig silicon simple cubic single crystal solid solution space stacking supersaturated surface symmetry elements symmetry operation temperature theory tion twin plane unit cell vapor velocity vibrations wave vector wavelength Westinghouse Research Laboratories x rays x-ray