International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 2.1, p. 55   | 1 | 2 |

Figure 2.1.4.8 

J. Drentha*

a Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Correspondence e-mail: j.drenth@chem.rug.nl

[Figure 2.1.4.8]
Figure 2.1.4.8

The atomic scattering factor as a vector in the Argand diagram. (a) When the electrons in the atom can be regarded as free. (b) When they are not completely free and the scattering becomes anomalous with a real anomalous contribution [f'] and an imaginary contribution [if'']. Reproduced with permission from Drenth (1999[link]). Copyright (1999) Springer-Verlag.