Due to anomalous absorption, type 1 wavefields propagate in a perfect or nearly perfect crystal with a less than normal absorption. For details and the physical interpretation, see anomalous absorption.
Friedel's law states that the intensities of the \(h\), \(k\), \(l\) and \(\overline{h}\), \(\overline{k}\), \(\overline{l}\) reflections are equal. This is true either if the crystal is centrosymmetric or if no resonant scattering is present. It is in that case not possible to tell by diffraction whether an inversion center is present or not. The apparent symmetry of the crystal is then one of the eleven Laue classes.
The mosaic crystal is a simplified model of real crystals proposed by C. G. Darwin. In this model, a real crystal is described as a mosaic of crystalline blocks tilted to each other by fractions of a minute of arc. Each block is separated from the surrounding blocks by faults and cracks.
The structure factor is a mathematical function describing the amplitude and phase of a wave diffracted from crystal lattice planes characterized by Miller indices h,k,l.