diffractometer
noun
dif·frac·tom·e·ter
di-ˌfrak-ˈtä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for analyzing the structure of a usually crystalline substance from the scattering pattern produced when a beam of radiation or particles (such as X-rays or neutrons) strikes it
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That spectrometer, the prototype of today's x-ray diffractometers, is still housed in the Royal Institution, as well as their model of the atomic structure of rock salt.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
When Elizabeth Sooby, a nuclear materials physicist and assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, finally re-entered her lab after months away, the X-ray diffractometer was leaning ineffectually on its table.
—Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 8 June 2020
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
When Elizabeth Sooby, a nuclear materials physicist and assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, finally re-entered her lab after months away, the X-ray diffractometer was leaning ineffectually on its table.
—Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 8 June 2020
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“Diffractometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffractometer. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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