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X-ray crystallography

Technique used for determining crystal structures and identifying mineral compoundsTo determine the 3D structure of a crystal, an X-ray beam passes through a crystal and some X-rays are diffracted into a pattern that is indicative of the particular arrangements of atoms in the crystal.A powder X-ray diffractometer in motionX-ray crystallography is the experimental science of determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract in specific directions.

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