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Effect of Temperature on the Intensity of X-ray Reflections from Gold

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IN a previous letter1 we referred to some measurements that we carried out on the effect of temperature on the intensity of reflection of X-rays from copper, from which it was concluded that over the range of temperature from about 20° C. to 570° C., the intensity decreased with rise in temperature more nearly in accordance with the temperature factor exp.(—3M) instead of the factor exp.(—2M ).

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OWEN, E., WILLIAMS, R. Effect of Temperature on the Intensity of X-ray Reflections from Gold. Nature 144, 477–478 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144477b0

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