Bragg scattering
English
editEtymology
editNamed after William Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg, who proposed the idea in 1913.
Noun
editBragg scattering (usually uncountable, plural Bragg scatterings)
- (physics) the diffraction phenomenon exhibited by a crystal bombarded with X-rays in such a way that each plane of the crystal lattice acts as a reflector.