Leybold Products Digital Laue Diagrams: Investigating The Lattice Structure of Monocrystals

The X-ray image sensor allows capturing the Laue pattern in one minute (much faster than conventional film) and the digital evaluation eases the determination of the diffraction angles on the computer.

• Elastic and plastic deformation
• Conduction phenomena
• Magnetism
• Applied solid-state physics

To create Laue diagrams of NaCl and LiF monocrystals, the bremsstrahlung of the X-ray apparatus is used in the experiment P7.1.2.5 as a "white" spectrum of  X-rays. The positions of the "multicolored" diffraction spots on an X-ray image sensor behind the crystal and their intensities can be used to determine the crystal structure and the dimensions of the unit cell through application of the Laue condition.