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Measure ring centers and radii against the printed scale, rather than comparing raw squared radii. A representative reading of the four rings is , with broad photographic lines. For a flat plate at distance ,
With the ratios are approximately , giving
For identical atoms at the four conventional FCC positions,
The structure factor is for indices all even or all odd, and zero for mixed parity. Thus, for example, 100, 110 and 210 are systematic absences. The allowed squared-index sums begin . Only the first four rings fit within the displayed field; 222 and later allowed reflections are not forbidden merely because they are outside the image. The central shadow and its holder are not extra diffraction peaks.

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