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How do we account for regularly reflected beams in diffraction experiments with electrons and atoms?

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Electrons and atoms behave like a wave in a diffraction experiment. They produce exactly same pattern of multiple dark and bright fringes as they are produced by a monochromatic beam of light source.

Electron diffraction, may be regarded as a method used in study of matter by firing electrons at a sample and observing the resulting interference pattern. This phenomenon is commonly called as wave–particle duality, that states that a particle of matter (in this case the incident electrons) can be described as a wave. For this very reason, an electron can be regarded as a wave much like sound or water waves. This technique is similar to X-ray and neutron diffraction.

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