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THE examination of crystalline bodies by means of X-rays has enabled us to discover the positions of the atoms in the crystal. In the earlier period of X-ray analysis it was only possible to do this when the atoms were arranged according to a simple pattern of high symmetry. Experience has increased the range of substances to which the new methods can be applied, and we can now assign structures to relatively complex crystals, basing the proposed structure on the manner in which the crystal diffracts the radiation.
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BRAGG, W. The Crystalline Structure of Inorganic Salts1. Nature 116, 249–251 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116249a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116249a0