Analytical Methods for Materials

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. describe the external morphology of crystals and law of constant angle; 2. explain representation by directions of ace normal; 3. discuss Crystal Chemistry - ionic, covalent, metallic and Van der Wall's bonded crystals; 4. explain the physics behind X rays, it’s production, properties and applications in radiology; 6. explain the principles of diffraction, atomic Scattering, Bragg's equation and missing reflections; 7. explain the principle of electron and neutron diffraction method; and 8. discuss how spectroscopy and spectrometric analysis can be used to study materials.

Crystallography, physics of X-rays, diffraction by crystalline materials, applications of X-ray, electron and neutron diffraction, and spectrometric analysis of materials.