Debye-Scherrer method

noun

De·​bye-Scher·​rer method

dəˈbīˈsherə(r)-

: a method of forming a diffraction pattern by directing a beam of X rays onto an aggregate of small crystals (as in the powdered form of a substance) and by photographing the pattern so formed to provide a means of identifying crystalline substances

Word History

Etymology

after P. J. W. Debye and Paul Scherrer, born 1890 Swiss physicist

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