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William Lawrence Bragg

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William Lawrence Bragg

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Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

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William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British physicist who pioneered the use of X-rays to study the structure of crystals. His work laid the foundation for understanding how atoms are arranged in solid materials, which has been crucial for developing new materials and medicines.

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  • The crystalline state
  • X Rays and Crystal Structure

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1957-12-20
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5 total works indexed

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    · 2010 · cited 30,950x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,686x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1915

    “for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays”

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Encyclopedic overview

Portrait of William Lawrence Bragg, 1930

Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays," an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.

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