MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY I

Course Information
TitleΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΥΛΙΚΩΝ Ι / MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY I
CodeΜΦΥ666
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorGeorgios Vourlias
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40003389

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Class ID
600133596
Course Type 2016-2020
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΜΦΥ663 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
  • ΜΦΥ664 SOLID STATE PHYSICS
  • ΜΦΥ666 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY I
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction, Symmetry in direct and inverse space, Crystal systems, Indices de Miller, inverse space, Equation Bragg, Sphere Ewald. Single crystal X-ray structure study. Methods Laue, rotating crystal method, Weissenberg, transition, indexing, identification of crystalline constants. Crystalline powder X-ray structure study. Methods Debye - Sherrer, Guinier. Automatic powder diffractometer. Method Bragg - Brendano. Data processing, phase separation, Indexing, Identification of crystalline constants. Characterisation of materials, databases, applications. Analysis of profile of powder diagram and determination of the crystalline structure. Method Rietveld. Automatic four-circle single crystal diffractometer. Collection, data processing, statistical Wilson. Structure factors, electron density. Methods to determine the single crystal structure (indirect test directly). Functions Fourier, Patterson in structure determination. Improvement of the structure parameters. Geometry of the crystal cell.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Laboratory Work
Total
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Elements of X-Ray Diffraction 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
06-11-2015