XRD Analysis (X-Ray Diffraction)
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) To understand the XRD we need to learn about the history of crystals. Question 1:- Why Do Crystals Have Regular External Shapes? # There is a famous postulate by Robert Hooke āBecause they have a regular arrangement of ābuilding blocksā(atoms in the modern language)ā { Robert Hooke father of āMicroscopyā, wrote the first book on the microscopy study of material } X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923) who was a Professor at WĆ¼rzburg University in Germany. In his laboratory he was working with a cathode-ray tube in his laboratory, crystals on a table near his tube were started glowing like a fluorescent glow. The tube on which Roentgen was working was filled with positive and negative electrodes encapsulated in a glass envelope (bulb). When a high voltage has applied the air in the tube wa...