GEOL1037-1 : X-ray Crystallography

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GEOL1037-1

X-ray Crystallography

Duration :

15h Th, 25h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in geology		4
Bachelor in geology		4

Lecturer :

Frédéric Hatert

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course contains 7 chapters:
1. Production of X-rays
2. The structure factor
3. The reciprocal lattice and the Ewald sphere
4. Symmetry
5. The powder technique
6. Single-crystal methods
7. The 4-circle diffractometer

Learning outcomes of the course :

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the main tool of the Mineralogist: X-ray diffraction techniques.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

The content of the course "Cristallographie et Minéralogie" must be known.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Practicals: X-ray powder diffraction, , X-ray single-crystal diffraction techniques.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face learning. Practicals are OBLIGATORY.