| <h1>Glossary</h1> | |||||||
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| <tr> | <th> | Term | </th> | <th> | Definition | </th> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Degree of crystallinity | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Lattice | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Orthogonal | </b></td> | <td> | perpendicular, at right angles, or 90° to each other | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Period | </b></td> | <td> | distance between atoms in a lattice | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Periodicity | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | x-ray | </b></td> | <td> | Form of energy | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | x-ray diffraction | </b></td> | <td> | Method used to determine | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Interference | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Diffraction | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Crystallography | </b></td> | <td> | The study of crystals | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Faurier series | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Cubic | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Body Center Cubic (BCC) | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Face Center Cubic (FCC) | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Tetragonal | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Orthorhombic | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Rhombohedral | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Monoclinic | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Triclinic | </b></td> | <td> | </td> | </tr> | |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Plane | </b></td> | <td> | two-dimensional flat surface or direction | </td> | </tr> |
| <tr> | <td><b> | Amorphous | </b></td> | <td> | Lacking any distinct structure | ||
| <tr> | <td><b> | Bragg equation | </b></td> | <td> | Equation used to determine plane positions using x-ray diffraction | ||
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