Bragg's law

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A law that equates the angle $(\backslash theta)$ between the incident and scattered ray to the spacing $(d)$ between the crystal planes and the wavelength $(\backslash lambda)$ of the radiation - $n\backslash lambda=2d\backslash sin(\backslash theta)\; \backslash ,$

Origin

• Bragg diffraction was first proposed by Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg in 1913.