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Nobel Prize in Physics, 1915 · W. H. and W. L. Bragg

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Modern Physics / X-Ray Physics

Debye-Scherrer diffractions pattern of powder samples with a diamond structure (according to Bragg-Brentano)

Article No. P2542205

Polycrystalline powder samples, which crystallize in the three cubic Bravais types, simple, face-centered and body-centered, are irradiated with the radiation from a Roentgen tube with a copper anode.

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Scan the detector

Sweep the diffraction angle across a silicon powder pattern. When you land on a peak, the lattice plane and its spacing appear.

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What your students will do
1

Prepare a powder sample

Load a polycrystalline powder with a diamond-type crystal structure into the X-ray unit.

2

Record the diffraction pattern

Using Bragg-Brentano geometry, students scan the detector and record intensity peaks at characteristic angles.

3

Index the reflections

Assign each peak to a set of lattice planes, identify the crystal structure and calculate the lattice constant.

A great fit for
Solid State PhysicsMaterials ScienceCrystallographyAdvanced Undergraduate Lab
Cu anodeX-ray source
sc · fcc · bcc · diamondCubic structures students can identify
Bragg's lawnλ = 2d sin θ, applied hands-on
Diffraction angle 2θ (Cu Kα)Intensity(111)(220)(311)(400)(331)(422)30°50°70°90°

Typical student results: diffraction peaks from a diamond-structure powder, with lattice planes labeled (illustrative).

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