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n. A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter

""One of them is an X-ray diffractometer, which is the instrument that geologists use on Earth to characterize the mineral content of rocks and soils.""

diffractometry    diffractogram   

diffractometry    photoelectron    microanalysis    backscatter    raygun