Lawrence Bragg's interest in the deformation of metals and 1950–1953 in the Cavendish – a worm's-eye view

Figure 2
Transmission diffraction patterns of heavily deformed gold. (a) Using X-rays: (111) reflection; beam diameter 8 µm; [lambda]

= 1.54 Å. (b) With electrons: (111), (200) and several more rings; beam diameter 10 µm; [lambda]

= 0.043 Å.