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Can xrays be reflected, refracted, or diffracted? Or all...?

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Can they be all or just one or two? Thanks for all the help. I'm working on a project...

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  1. X rays are electromagnetic radiation so the behave according to quantum electrodynamics.

    So... theoretically they can be reflected, refracted, and diffracted (if there are multiple wavelengths in the x-ray spectrum in question.)

    Because X-rays have such short wavelengths they do not interact with the same materials used to manipulate the visible spectrum.  We have not discovered materials capable of refracting X rays so our current technology only allows reflection and diffraction.


  2. X-rays are just another part of the light spectrum, so all three. However the materials required may be trickier to find, for example, a mirror reflects all light within the visible spectrum, however there is no guaranty on any other wavelength.

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