INSPIRATION FROM X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY
XRD is a basic scientific tool capable of supplying research workers with fundamental data and information
unattainable by other techniques. The complete cognition of potentialities, however, requires an elementary
knowledge of crystallography and X-ray science. As mentioned in this book, people who carry out certain routine
applications of X-ray diffraction demand a little familiarity with this field, but most workers need to have a deeper
knowledge on theory for both theoretical and applied research. The purpose of this section is to review and develop
some ideas to understand the concepts of interaction of light/EM waves and matter in XRD. Yet another and even
more powerful approach is provided by EM-field theory.....