This document discusses electron diffraction, including its principles and applications. Electron diffraction works by firing electrons at a sample and observing the scattering pattern, which can reveal information about the sample's structure. The key points covered are:
1. Electrons behave as waves and can diffract when passed through materials. Their wavelength depends on their energy.
2. Electron diffraction is used to determine bond lengths and angles in molecules by observing how the intensity of scattered electrons varies with angle.
3. Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) analyzes surface structures by firing low-energy electrons at a sample's surface and observing the diffraction pattern.
4. LEED patterns reveal the two-dimensional arrangement of surface atoms