Explanation The wavelength of the light must be comparable to its atomic diameters in order to observe the diffraction pattern. The visible light fails to fulfill this criterion as its wavelength is much more than the wavelength of the X-rays. Therefore, diffraction effects with crystals cannot be observed using visible light...

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