Lyman G. Parratt (May 17, 1908 - June 29, 1995) was an American physicist. He is known for various research using X-rays.Boris Batterman, Paul Hartman, Neil Ashcroft: Obituary
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.L. G. Parratt, Phys. Rev. 95, 359 (1954).
He died in Redmond, Oregon, aged 87.
See also
Günther Porod, Austrian X-ray physicist with somewhat similar name.
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