In crystallography, a diffraction standard, or calibration crystal, is a crystal used to calibrate an X-ray spectrometer to an absolute X-ray energy scale. Quartz or silicon crystals are typically used. There are also reports of crystals of silver behenate or silver stearate having been used for this purpose.
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- http://www.gwyndafevans.co.uk/thesis-html/node85.html
- http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/calibration/index.html
- http://bigbro.biophys.cornell.edu/documents/SAX_Calibrants/saxs_sphere.html
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