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Weissenberg X-ray goniometer
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Weissenberg X-ray goniometer

measurement instrument
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  • goniometer
    / Weissenberg X-ray goniometers

    The Weissenberg X-ray goniometer is used in recording X-ray reflections from crystals. The crystal oscillates through about 200° around an edge, as a cylindrical camera is translated back and forth parallel to the crystal rotation axis. In Martin Julian Buerger’s design the…

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    The Weissenberg X-ray goniometer is used in recording X-ray reflections from crystals. The crystal oscillates through about 200° around an edge, as a cylindrical camera is translated back and forth parallel to the crystal rotation axis. In Martin Julian Buerger’s design the…

    Read More