Reciprocal Space

This teaching & learning package gives an introduction to reciprocal space. It shows the construction of reciprocal lattices from real ones, use of the Ewald sphere for diffraction experiments and some other applications of reciprocal space.

Aims Before you start Introduction Reciprocal space Mathematical representation of reciprocal lattice Ewald sphere Applications of reciprocal space Summary Questions Going further

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First created: October 2007. "Going further" updated: January 2008.