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Flashlight diffraction


Diffraction pattern by identical size unit cells containing triatomic molecules with different bond angles. The positions of the diffraction spots depend only on the unit cell dimensions, and thus are identical for all these arrays. But the intensities of the diffraction spots depend on the atoms in the unit cell, and thus vary for these patterns. In some cases the differences are subtle. (Companion Figures 4.8 and 4.9)