why are x-rays the preferred type of electromagnetic radiation used to produce diffraction patterns of protein crystals
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Protein crystals have a regular, repeating arrangement of atoms with distances on the order of a few angstroms (1 angstrom = 0.1 nanometers). Show more…
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