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	การเลี้ยวเบนรังสีเอกซ์	ทฤษฎีสนามผลึก
สาขาวิชา	เคมี	เคมี
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1912	1929
ผู้ริเริ่ม	William Henry Bragg & William Lawrence Bragg	Hans Bethe
ประเภท	Structural determination technique	Theoretical model
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Bragg, W. H., & Bragg, W. L. (1913). The reflection of X-rays by crystals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 88(605), 428–438.	Bethe, H. (1929). Termaufspaltung in Kristallen. Annalen der Physik, 3(5), 133–208.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	X-ray diffraction, crystallography, single-crystal X-ray	CFT, crystal field, ligand field theory
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	3
สรุป	X-ray crystallography is a technique that determines the three-dimensional atomic structure of crystals by analyzing the diffraction patterns produced when X-rays pass through them. Developed by William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg in 1912, X-ray crystallography has become the gold standard for structure determination in chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science, winning multiple Nobel Prizes for its profound impact.	Crystal Field Theory (CFT) is a model that explains the electronic structure, color, magnetism, and reactivity of coordination complexes by considering how the electric field created by surrounding ligands perturbs the d-orbitals of a central metal ion. Developed by Hans Bethe in 1929 and refined throughout the 20th century, CFT is one of the most powerful tools for understanding inorganic chemistry.