how do the x-rays help you in your research with sea water?

Question: how do the x-rays help you in your research with sea water?
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  marine
  
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  seawater
  
  x-ray
Asked by to Ben on 17 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Ben Butler answered on 17 Jun 2014:
  
  The X-rays help me see what’s going on inside the frozen seawater. There’s simply no other way to look inside in such amazing detail! When we do look inside it, what we see is a spongey kind of structure which is filled with lots of tiny little salt crystals.

Question: how do the x-rays help you in your research with sea water?