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Absolute structures: is your diffractometer right‐handed?
Author(s) -
Le Page Y.,
Gabe E. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889890010159
Subject(s) - diffractometer , right handed , crystallography , materials science , absolute (philosophy) , optics , physics , chemistry , crystal structure , nuclear physics , philosophy , epistemology , neutrino
Establishment of absolute structures requires measurement of Bijvoet differences with a right‐handed set of axes. There can be pitfalls in the satisfaction of this requirement, and a very simple method of assessing this hand is described.