X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF THERMAL MOTIONS IN CRYSTALS.

Abstract

The principal technical effort was directed to the experimental difficulties associated with the measurement of integrated intensity from near perfect crystals. Although results continued to substantiate ideas about the temperature dependence of the integrated intensity, the reproducibility of those results was not satisfactory. The most probable causes of the difficulty seemed to be: (1) Variation of perfection from place to place on the crystal. In this case a small shift in the x-ray beam position would change the integrated intensity and, hence, an apparently different temperature dependence. (2) Crystal strain induced either thermally or by the mounting adhesive. (3) Temperature fluctuations around the apparatus. Instrument changes sufficient to affect the sensitive measurements could thereby be caused. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 25, 1965
Accession Number
AD0613578

Entities

People

  • R. A. Young

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Diffraction
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Reproducibility
  • Wave Phenomena
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design