energy-dispersive x-ray diffraction


energy-dispersive x-ray diffraction

[¦en·ər·jē di¦spər·səv ′eks‚rā di′frak·shən] (physics) A technique in which an energy spectrum is obtained of the x-rays scattered from a polychromatic x-ray beam through a fixed angle by a polycrystalline sample. Abbreviated EDXD.