Is It There? Confidence and Uncertainty in Chemistry | Professor Lori Watson
The Thomistic Institute
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Introduction
This chapter discusses the application of x-ray diffraction in determining chemical structures. It explains the process of shining x-rays onto a crystal and analyzing the resulting diffraction patterns to identify atoms and obtain a molecular structure. The chapter also highlights the historical progression of using x-ray diffraction on different samples.
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