Bragg scattering

noun

Bragg scattering

noun

Etymology Named after William Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg, who proposed the idea in 1913.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Usually the diffraction phenomenon exhibited by a crystal bombarded with X-rays in such a way that each plane of the crystal lattice acts as a reflector.

Related terms
Bragg's law

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