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Derivation of rhkldhkl = λL
From the diagram,
The Bragg condition (which is true for the sets of variables that produce diffraction spots) states that:
In electron diffraction, the angle θ is small so that we can make the following approximations:
with θ in radians. Hence,
and so it follows that
rhkldhkl = λ L
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