diffractogram, n.
(dɪˈfræktəgræm)
[f. diffract v. + -o1 + -gram.]
A diagram or photograph showing how the intensity of diffracted radiation varies with the angle of diffraction.
| 1968 Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. XXXII. 342/1 Four aliquots of horizontally oriented Mg-clay were prepared... Diffractograms of each aliquot thus prepared were obtained with a Phillips Electronics Norelco Diffractometer. 1974 Nature 27 Sept. 305/2 A chart diffractogram with scan speed of 1° min-1 in 2θ utilised graphite monochromatised CuKα radiation. 1976 Minerals Sci. & Engin. VIII. 117/2 With natural and synthetic specimens of monoclinic pyrrhotite, Fe7S8 , the X-ray diffractograms usually show a characteristic splitting of the (102) reflexion into two peaks. 1989 Nature 11 May 129/2 After 24h some new peaks of low intensity appeared in the diffractogram. |