crystallography
scientific study of crystal structures
powder diffraction
experimental method in X-ray diffraction
crystallographic defect
disruption of the periodicity of a crystal lattice
crystal chemistry
study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals
X-ray scattering technique
family of non-destructive analytical techniques
X-ray crystallography
technique used for determining the atomic or molecular structure of a crystal, in which the ordered atoms cause a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into specific directions