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Structure Factor

The complex quantity F(hkl), the Fourier transform of the unit-cell electron density sampled at reciprocal-lattice point hkl, carrying both an amplitude and a phase. Measured intensities give |F| only, since I(hkl) is proportional to |F(hkl)|².

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The complex quantity F(hkl), the Fourier transform of the unit-cell electron density sampled at reciprocal-lattice point hkl, carrying both an amplitude and a phase. Measured intensities give |F| only, since I(hkl) is proportional to |F(hkl)|².

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