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Reliable knowledge of the complex X-ray form factor (Re(f) and f″) is required for many fields including crystallography, medical diagnosis and XAFS studies. However, there are discrepancies between theory and theory, experiment and experiment and theory and experiment of 10% and more, over central X-ray energies. Discrepancies exist for most elements, despite claimed experimental accuracies of 1%. This paper summarises the current variation between experimental and theoretical results, and outlines key issues for obtaining experimental accuracies of 1% in critical wavelength ranges for selected elements to address these issues. This paper critically surveys available experimental data for attenuation coefficients and suggests a procedure for obtaining significantly higher accuracy measurements in the future.
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Chantler, C.T., Barnea, Z., Tran, C.Q. et al. Precision X-ray optics for fundamental interactions in atomic physics, resolving discrepancies in the X-ray regime. Optical and Quantum Electronics 31, 495–505 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006923329884
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