MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
| Title | ΤΕΧΝΙΚΕΣ ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΥΛΙΚΩΝ / MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES |
| Code | ΜΦΥ663 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Physics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Philomela Komninou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 40000153 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 8 |
| Class ID | 600112120
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Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600112120
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΜΦΥ666 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY I
General Competences
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
Course Content (Syllabus)
Crystalline and amorphous states of matter. Symmetry in direct and inverse space, Crystal directions and planes. Periodicity, symmetry point groups and space. Basic types of crystal structures. Equipment for generation of X-rays (tubes, fixed and rotating anodes, storage rings and synchrotron radiation). Detection of X-rays: scintillation counters, solid state counters, imaging screens. X-ray diffraction of single crystals. Identification of unknown materials using crystalline powder diffractometry. Structure factors and electron density function. Data collection and processing. Preliminary phase identification and improvement of crystalline structures.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 60 | 2 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 60 | 2 |
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Εισαγωγή στην κρυσταλλοδομή
Κωνσταντίνος Καβούνης
σοφία A.E., 2008
256 σελ.
ISBN 978-960-6706-14-1
Additional bibliography for study
B.D. Cullity & S.R. Stock
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River (2001)
X-Ray Diffraction: A Practical Approach
C. Suryanarayana & M. Grant Norton
Plenum Press, New York (1998)
Last Update
13-11-2015
