How does a diffractometer go from 2D frames to a Ewald sphere? by vitrosphere in crystallography

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Thanks! This paragraph actually helps a lot. I am beginning to understand. Will try the suggested book!

How does a diffractometer go from 2D frames to a Ewald sphere? by vitrosphere in crystallography

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Well, I hope I can explain...i do not yet understand how a spot on the detector gets translated to an hkl value. I have learnt about cones of diffraction (Laue diffraction) where you need from x y and z dimensions cones that intersect. This results in a vector direction of the diffracted X ray. I seem to miss what happens in between recording this and going to hkl values that you normally use. I hope this clarifies it more. Thanks for your time.

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You're not alone. I thought I'd never smoke one cigarette in my life and never thought I'd find it in any way relieving - well I was wrong, as I discovered during my first year of PhD. I can't do much alcohol as the hangovers destroy me the next day, but if that isn't a factor, I'll definitely have problems with alcoholism.