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Electron Diffraction by Films of Grease

Nature volume 131, page 237 (1933)Cite this article

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IN the course of some experiments on the diffraction of electrons by thin films of spluttered platinum, a curious pattern of straight lines with a few diffuse spots (see Fig. 1) was observed by one of us, quite unlike the usual circles of a Debye-Scherrer pattern.

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    G. P. THOMSON & C. A. MURISON

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THOMSON, G., MURISON, C. Electron Diffraction by Films of Grease. Nature 131, 237 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131237a0

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