Early days of X-ray crystallography / André Authier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Authier, André.

Contributor:

International Union of Crystallography.

Series:

International Union of Crystallography monographs on crystallography.

International Union of Crystallography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

X-ray crystallography.

Crystallography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The modern applications of X-ray crystallography range from drug design to characterisation of high technology materials. This book tells the story of its pioneers and relates how the first crystal structures were determined.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1 Significance of the discovery of X-ray diffraction; 1.1 April 1912: a major discovery; 1.2 Crystallography on the eve of the discovery of X-ray diffraction; 1.3 Impact of the discovery on the chemical, biochemical, physical, material, and mineralogical sciences; 2 The various approaches to the concept of space lattice; 2.1 The space-filling approach; 2.2 The close-packing approach; 2.3 The molecular theories of the early nineteenth century physicists; 3 The dual nature of light; 3.1 The existing theories of light before Newton and Huygens

3.2 F. M. Grimaldi and the diffraction of light, 16653.3 I. Newton and the emission theory, 1672; 3.4 C. Huygens and the wave theory, 1678; 3.5 T. Young and the interference experiment, 1804; 3.6 A. Fresnel and the theory of diffraction, 1819; 3.7 A. Einstein and the photoelectric effect, 1905; 4 Röntgen and the discovery of X-rays; 4.1 8 November 1895: first observation; 4.2 Before the discovery; 4.3 28 December 1895: Röntgen's preliminary communication; 4.4 The news of the discovery spread round the world; 4.5 Further investigations on X-rays by W. C. Röntgen, 1896, 1897

4.6 Prior observations4.7 'Lenard rays' and 'Röntgen rays'; 5 The nature of X-rays: waves or corpuscles?; 5.1 The nature of cathode rays; 5.2 The first hypotheses concerning the nature of X-rays; 5.3 Discovery of γ-rays; 5.4 Secondary X-rays; 5.5 J. J. Thomson and the theory of X-ray scattering, 1898, 1903; 5.6 C. G. Barkla and X-ray polarization, 1905; 5.7 Characteristic X-ray lines; 5.8 W. H. Bragg and his corpuscular theory of X-rays, 1907; 5.9 Diffraction by a slit: estimation of X-ray wavelengths; 5.10 Derivation of X-ray wavelengths from the consideration of energy elements

5.11 J. Stark's atomic constitution of the X-rays, 19096 1912: The discovery of X-ray diffraction and the birth of X-ray analysis; 6.1 Munich in 1912; 6.2 Ewald's thesis, 1912; 6.3 M. Laue: Privatdozent in A. Sommerfeld's Institute; 6.4 Ewald's question to Laue, January 1912; 6.5 Laue's intuition, January 1912; 6.6 W. Friedrich and P. Knipping's experiment: April-May 1912; 6.7 The propagation of the news of the discovery and the first reactions; 6.8 Ewald introduces the reciprocal lattice and the Ewald construction, mid-June 1912

6.9 J. Stark's 'corpuscular' interpretation of the Laue diagrams6.10 The news reaches W. H. Bragg: his first reactions; 6.11 W. L. Bragg and Bragg's law; 6.12 The viewpoint of a science historian: the Forman-Ewald controversy; 7 1913: The first steps; 7.1 First experiments in the reflection geometry; 7.2 Equivalence of Laue's relations with Bragg's law; 7.3 M. von Laue's conversion; 7.4 M. de Broglie and the French Schools; 7.5 T. Terada, S. Nishikawa, and the Japanese School; 7.6 W. H. Bragg and the X-ray ionization spectrometer; 7.7 W. L. Bragg and the first structure determinations

7.8 H. G. J. Moseley and the high-frequency spectra of the elements

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ISBN:

0-19-163502-2

0-19-875405-1

0-19-163501-4

0-19-965984-2

OCLC:

922972284