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The Nobel prize in 1915

X-ray crystallography

Sir William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg (father and son) were awarded the 1915 Nobel prize for physics for their investigations into the nature of X-rays and for their determination of the atomic structure of crystals using X-ray diffraction. Since then, crystal structure analysis and X-ray spectroscopy have revolutionised almost the whole of science

A version of Bragg’s X-ray spectrometer

Sir William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg (father and son) were awarded the 1915 Nobel prize for physics for their investigations into the nature of X-rays and for their determination of the atomic structure of crystals using X-ray diffraction. Since then, crystal structure analysis and X-ray spectroscopy have revolutionised almost the whole of science

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