Elements of X-Ray Diffraction, 3rd edition

This revision of a classical text is intended to acquaint the reader, who has no prior knowledge of the subject, with the theory of x-ray diffraction, the experimental methods involved, and the main applications. The text is a collection of principles and methods designed directly for the student and not a reference tool for the advanced reader.

• No metallurgical data are given beyond that necessary to illustrate the diffraction methods involved.

• X-ray diffraction is stressed rather than metallurgy.

• The book is divided into three main parts—Fundamentals; experimental methods; and applications.

• The subject of crystal structure is approached through, and, based on, the concept of the point lattice (Bravais lattice), because the point lattice of a substance is so closely related to its diffraction pattern.

• The book is written entirely in terms of the Bragg law and can be read without any knowledge of the reciprocal lattice.