Debye-Scherrer method
noun
De·bye-Scher·rer method
dəˈbīˈsherə(r)-
: a method of forming a diffraction pattern by directing a beam of X rays onto an aggregate of small crystals (as in the powdered form of a substance) and by photographing the pattern so formed to provide a means of identifying crystalline substances
Word History
Etymology
after P. J. W. Debye and Paul Scherrer, born 1890 Swiss physicist