bragg's law

Bragg's law

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noun bragg's law the principle that when a beam of X-rays of wavelength λ enters a crystal, the maximum intensity of the reflected ray occurs when sin θ = nλ/2d, where θ is the complement of the angle of incidence, n is a whole number, and d is the distance between layers of atoms 3
noun bragg's law the law that the intensity of a crystal reflection of an x-ray is a function of the angle (Bragg angle) that is the complement of the angle of incidence of the x-ray. 1
noun bragg's law (physics, singular only) equates the angle between the incident and scattered ray to the spacing between the crystal planes and the wavelength of the radiation -. 0

before 1910

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First recorded in 1910-15; named after Sir W. H. and Sir W. L. Bragg

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