Which of the following statements is not true about x-ray scattering (in crystals) and its importance?

a. It showed that electromagnetic radiation diffracts and interferes like a wave.
b. It ruled out the corpuscle model of light.
c. It helped uncover the crystalline structures of many solids.
d. It helped scientists more accurately measure x-ray wavelengths.
e. Rosalind Franklin used the scattering to model molecules of DNA.


b.
X-ray scattering did not rule out the corpuscle model of light, but merely showed another use of light in investigating the structure of matter.

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