BROOKE SCHROEDER HR.

2 -- 12-2-15

Comparison of Photo 51 & a Laser Diffraction of a Light

Figure 1: This was a photo we took in class of the

laser diffraction of a light bulb filament.

Bulb Filament

Figure 2: Photo 51 was an x-ray photo of the

structure of DNA.

Lab Questions
1) What

2) What

3) What

4) What

does the X pattern tells us?

This shows that it is a helical pattern.
does the diamond pattern tell us?
Indicates the continuation of the helix and tells us that the DNAs sugar
phosphate backbones lie outside.
do the smears tell us?
These determine the distances between parts of DNA structures
do the missing smears tell us?
They tells us that it is a double helix.

Distance=d= 1,200 cm
Radius= r= 2.3 cm

=tan 1

r
d

Lambda==0.6328 um
= 0.10982

d=

1
2 sin

D=165.074 um