Lyman G. Parratt (May 17, 1908 - June 29, 1995) was an American physicist. He is known for various research using x-rays.[1]
Parratt was born in Salt Lake City.
In 1954, Parratt used x-rays to explore the surface of copper-coated glass, thereby creating the field of X-ray reflectometry.[2]
He died in Redmond, Oregon, aged 87.
See also
Günther Porod, Austrian x-ray physicist with somewhat similar name.
References
Boris Batterman, Paul Hartman, Neil Ashcroft: Obituary
L. G. Parratt, Phys. Rev. 95, 359 (1954).
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
