Rosalind Franklin
In Our Time: Science
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What I Learned About Chrystolography
Patricia found chrystolography an exact science. Found it was somewhere where she could get an answer that was important, not just for the sake of getting a scientific response but also industrially important. The technique of x ray defraction allows you to determine the molecular composition in materials. That's important, because the structure relates to the function. But as we were hearing from gim earlier, the types of coal and their properties, their function was vitally important at the time of the war.
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