This page provides useful references, such as data reduction, among other information.
| Max Q Calculation | \(Q = \frac{2{\pi}sin(2\theta)}{\lambda}\) | \(2\theta\) = angle \({\lambda}\) = wavelength | example: \(Q = \frac{2{\pi}sin(5)}{7.5}\) = .073 Å-1 | 
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| Opacity Calculation | \(\frac{opacity(\lambda_1)}{\lambda_1}\) = \(\frac{opacity(\lambda_2)}{\lambda_2}\) | opacity = n\(\sigma\)l This is given for a specific cell optimized for a given \({\lambda}\) | example: Burgundy is a 5 Å cell calc. opacity for 6 Å expt. \(\frac{x}{6 Å}\) = \(\frac{3.138 Å}{5 Å}\) x = 3.766 opacity |