Bertram Eugene Warren (June 28, 1902 – June 27, 1991) was an American crystallographer. His studies of

X-rays An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays. Roughly, X-rays have a wavelength ran ...

provided much knowledge and understanding of both

crystalline A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macrosc ...

and non-crystalline materials. He also worked on changing

amorphous solid In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is a characteristic of a crystal. The terms "glass" and "glassy solid" are sometimes used synonymousl ...

s to a crystalline state.

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American mineralogists American crystallographers 1902 births 1991 deaths Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{US-physicist-stub