POWDER METHOD

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Meaning:

A process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification

Synonyms:

powder method; powder photography; powder technique

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("powder method" is a kind of...):

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

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