Bragg's law

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Bragg's law is a fundamental equation in X-ray crystallography that relates the angles at which X-rays are diffracted by crystal lattice planes to the spacing between those planes.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Bragg law 5
Bragg's law canonical 4
Bragg angle 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diffraction law ⓘ
physical law ⓘ
appliesTo X-rays ⓘ
electron diffraction ⓘ
neutron diffraction ⓘ
assumes coherent scattering from lattice planes ⓘ
elastic scattering of radiation ⓘ
basedOn constructive interference condition ⓘ
conditionFor constructive interference of scattered waves ⓘ
defines d as spacing between lattice planes ⓘ
n as order of reflection ⓘ
θ as Bragg angle ⓘ
θ as angle between incident beam and lattice planes ⓘ
λ as wavelength of incident radiation ⓘ
describes X-ray diffraction by crystal lattice planes ⓘ
discoveredBy William Henry Bragg ⓘ
William Lawrence Bragg ⓘ
linked to: Lawrence Bragg
equation nλ = 2d sin θ ⓘ
field X-ray crystallography ⓘ
crystallography ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
solid-state physics ⓘ
implies path difference equals integer multiple of wavelength ⓘ
namedAfter William Henry Bragg ⓘ
William Lawrence Bragg ⓘ
linked to: Lawrence Bragg
relatedConcept Bragg angle ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law

Bragg reflection ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law

Laue equations ⓘ
Miller indices ⓘ
powder diffraction ⓘ
reciprocal lattice ⓘ
single-crystal diffraction ⓘ
structure factor ⓘ
relates diffraction angle to interplanar spacing ⓘ
order of diffraction to path difference ⓘ
wavelength of radiation to diffraction angle ⓘ
symbol d ⓘ
n ⓘ
θ ⓘ
λ ⓘ
usedFor determining interplanar spacing in crystals ⓘ
indexing diffraction peaks ⓘ
measuring lattice parameter changes ⓘ
measuring lattice strain ⓘ
phase identification in powder diffraction ⓘ
structure determination of crystals ⓘ
usedIn X-ray powder diffraction analysis ⓘ
electron crystallography ⓘ
neutron scattering experiments ⓘ
single-crystal X-ray diffraction ⓘ
yearProposed 1913 ⓘ

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Lawrence Bragg → knownFor → Bragg's law ⓘ
Lawrence Bragg → notableConcept → Bragg angle ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
Davisson–Germer experiment → usedConcept → Bragg diffraction ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
Davisson–Germer experiment → usedConcept → Bragg law ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
William Henry Bragg → notableFor → Bragg law ⓘ
subject linked to: Bragg
linked to: Bragg's law
Lawrence Bragg → notableFor → Bragg law ⓘ
subject linked to: Bragg
linked to: Bragg's law
Bragg → associatedWith → Bragg law ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
Bragg's law → relatedConcept → Bragg reflection ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
Bragg's law → relatedConcept → Bragg angle ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
X-rays and Crystal Structure → describes → Bragg law ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
William Henry Bragg → notableWork → Bragg's law ⓘ
de Broglie wavelength formula → relatedConcept → Bragg diffraction ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
Kapitza–Dirac effect → relatedTo → Bragg scattering ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law
X-ray crystallography → uses → Bragg's law ⓘ
Debye–Scherrer method → basedOn → Bragg's law ⓘ
Laue equations → moreGeneralThan → Bragg’s law ⓘ
linked to: Bragg's law