Abstract
The long-range periodicity of a crystal lattice is not a necessary requirement for the production of diffraction effects. Even in a dilute polyatomic gas the interference between waves scattered from different atoms within a molecule is sufficient to produce a characteristic diffraction pattern from which the molecular structure can be deduced. The short-range positional and orientational correlation between molecules, negligible in the gas phase, is sufficient in a liquid to cause additional interference effects between waves scattered from atoms in different molecules. The diffraction pattern of a liquid contains information about these correlations.
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- Liquid Water
- Radial Distribution Function
- Compton Scattering
- Pair Correlation Function
- Positional Correlation
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Narten, A.H., Levy, H.A. (1972). Liquid Water: Scattering of X-Rays. In: Franks, F. (eds) The Physics and Physical Chemistry of Water. Water, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8334-5_8
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