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X-ray crystallography

technique used for determining the atomic or molecular structure of a crystal, in which the ordered atoms cause a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into specific directions
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X-ray crystallography

Summary

X-ray crystallography is a branch of physics[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • X-ray crystallography's instance of is recorded as branch of physics[3].
  • X-ray crystallography is a type of crystallography[4].
  • X-ray crystallography's Commons category is recorded as X-ray diffraction[5].
  • X-ray crystallography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:X-ray crystallography[6].
  • X-ray crystallography's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[7].

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Definition and Type

X-ray crystallography's instance of is recorded as branch of physics[3]. It is a type of crystallography[4].

Why It Matters

X-ray crystallography has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Charles Glover Barkla crystallography Dorothy Hodgkin Jennifer Doudna Maurice Wilkins Rosalind Franklin William Lawrence Bragg

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Zika Corpus
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → crystallography
    Instance of → branch of physics
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