Product Description: Defect and Microstructure Analysis by Diffraction looks at a key aspect of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing the actual structure of materials. Diffraction analysis is typically based on idealized crystals. The impurities and irregularities that work themselves into virtually all crystal structures, however, cause diffraction peak profiles to broaden and sometimes become asymmetric, making the data difficult to interpret...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: When bombarded with X-rays, solid materials produce distinct scattering patterns similar to fingerprints. X-ray powder diffraction is a technique used to fingerprint solid samples, which are then identified and cataloged for future use-much the way the FBI keeps fingerprints on file...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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