Duration
15h Th, 25h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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.
Recommended or required readings
Buy the book: F Hatert. Minéralogie: connaître et reconnaître les minéraux. Editions Ellipses, Paris. Price 35 Euros.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination for theory. Written examination on X-ray crystallography problems.
No partial dispense.
Work placement(s)
None.
Organizational remarks
Laptops, tablets and mobile phones forbidden.
Contacts
Professor Frédéric HATERT
fhatert@ulg.ac.be
04/366.21.43
Assistant Yannick BRUNI
yannick.bruni@student.ulg.ac.be
04/366.33.95
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Tout le cours théorique
Assessment methods
Examen oral à distance via Lifesize
Contacts
fhatert@uliege.be