Bragg spectrometer

Bragg spectrometer

[′brag spek′träm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

An instrument for x-ray analysis of crystal structure and measuring wavelengths of x-rays and gamma rays, in which a homogeneous beam of x-rays is directed on the known face of a crystal and the reflected beam is detected in a suitably placed ionization chamber. Also known as crystal spectrometer; crystal-diffraction spectrometer; ionization spectrometer.

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