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== Definition ==
 
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Friedel's law, or rule, states that the intensities of the ''h'', ''k'', ''l'' and ''-h'', ''-k'', ''-l'' reflections are equal. The reason is that the diffracted intensity is proportional to the the square of the modulus of the structure factor, |''F<sub>h</sub>''|<sup>2</sup>, according to the  geometrical, or [[kinematical theory]]. The structure factor is given by:
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''F<sub>h</sub>'' = &Sigma;<sub>''j''</sub> ''f<sub>j</sub>'' exp - 2 &pi; i '''h . r<sub>j</sub>'''
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where ''f<sub>j</sub>'' is the atomic scattering factor of atom ''j'', '''h''' the reflection vector and '''r<sub>j</sub>''' the position vector of atom ''j''. There comes:
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|''F<sub>h</sub>''|<sup>2</sup> = ''F<sub>h</sub> F<sub>h</sub>*'' = ''F<sub>h</sub> F<sub>-h</sub>''
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if the atomic scattering factor, ''f<sub>j</sub>'', is real.
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
  

Revision as of 09:33, 24 March 2006

Loi de Friedel (Fr). Friedelsche Gesetz (Ge). Ley de Friedel (Sp).

Definition

Friedel's law, or rule, states that the intensities of the h, k, l and -h, -k, -l reflections are equal. The reason is that the diffracted intensity is proportional to the the square of the modulus of the structure factor, |Fh|2, according to the geometrical, or kinematical theory. The structure factor is given by:

Fh = Σj fj exp - 2 π i h . rj

where fj is the atomic scattering factor of atom j, h the reflection vector and rj the position vector of atom j. There comes:

|Fh|2 = Fh Fh* = Fh F-h

if the atomic scattering factor, fj, is real.

History

Friedel's law was stated by G. Friedel (1865-1933) in 1913 (Friedel G., 1913, Sur les symétries cristallines que peut révéler la diffraction des rayons X., C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 157, 1533-1536.

See also

Absolute structure