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Past exam of the condensed matter physics course of the University of Oxford 2022 1 b ii Solution by
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At each reflection, the argument of the atomic scattering factor isSubstitution into the given atomic scattering factor approximation givesThus the structure factors are and . The powder diffraction multiplicity is : choose which Miller index is zero in three ways and the signs of the other two in four ways. For , the eight sign choices give . With the specified instrumental and angular factors omitted, the integrated powder diffraction wave intensity is proportional to , soIt would be incorrect to use the same atomic scattering factors at the two different scattering vectors, or to omit the powder diffraction multiplicity.
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