Determination of the crystal structure of gold leaf by electron diffraction

T B Rymer, C C Butler

Proceedings of the Physical Society · 1947 · 17 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

It is found that the radii of the rings of Debye-Scherrer electron-diffraction photographs obtained from gold leaf are not in exact agreement with the theoretical values. This is ascribed to the crystal lattice being distorted by surface-tension forces.

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