STUDIES ON THE TEXTURE OF CRYSTALS Part I. NaCI, KCI and MgO

Abstract

The X-ray studies on the texture of crystals using internal reflections have been extended to three crystals, viz., rock-salt, magnesium oxide and potassium chloride. The rock-salt specimen was found to be ideally mosaic and showed an increase in the intensity of internal reflection with increase of thickness, as is to be expected theoretically. The meltgrown MgO crystal was nearly perfect, while KC1 was mosaic.