Published 1977 | Version v1
Book

X-ray film

  • 1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK

Description

The performance of film as an X-ray detector is discussed and its behaviour is compared with that of a perfect Poissonian detector. The efficiency of microdensitometry as a method of extracting the information recorded on the film is discussed. More emphasis is placed in the precision of microdensitometric measurements than on the more obvious characteristic of film speed. The effects of chemical fog and background on the precision of the measurements is considered and it is concluded that the final limit to precision is set by the chemical fog. (B.D.)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
North-Holland.
Imprint Place
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
0-7204-0594-7
Imprint Title
The rotation method in crystallography
Imprint Pagination
p. 207-218.