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X-Ray Spectra

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WE have recently been carrying out some experiments with the object of finding whether spectra of heterogeneous beams of X-rays can be obtained by letting the rays fall on a crystal surface which would serve as a diffraction grating.

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OWEN, E., BLAKE, G. X-Ray Spectra. Nature 91, 135 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091135b0

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