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X-ray film as a two-dimensional detector for X-ray diffraction analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2012

T. N. Blanton
T. N. Blanton*
Affiliation:
Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Materials and Media Research and Development, Rochester, New York 14650-2106
*
a)Electronic mail: thomas.blanton@kodak.com
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Abstract

Silver halide based photographic imaging elements have been utilized as detectors for X-rays for over 100 years. These elements comprised of gelatin dispersed silver halide coated on one or both sides of a support, have been utilized in diffraction experiments since the discovery of X-ray diffraction by Laue and co-workers. X-ray film has high spatial resolution and can be adapted to flat or curved two-dimensional detection geometries. This paper describes the use of X-ray film as a two-dimensional detector for X-ray diffraction analysis, and discusses X-ray film composition, exposure, and processing, along with considerations for analyzing X-ray diffraction data collected using X-ray film.

Keywords

detectorfilmphotographicX-ray diffraction
Type
Two-Dimensional Detectors
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 91 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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