Module 2 : Structure analysis tools

Lecture 2 : X-ray diffraction and structural analysis

X-ray diffraction and structural analysis

In 1885, Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, a German physicist, discovered X-rays.


Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

These are electromagnetic radiations with a wavelength ranging from 0.01 to 100 Å, which corresponds to the frequency in the range of 30 PHz - 300 EHz.

What does X in X-ray represents?
X-stands for un-known.