KEMS3250 Principles of X-ray diffraction methods (6 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Chemistry
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
Course focuses on:
- X-ray radiation, crystal systems, Bravais lattices, symmetry operations and space group symmetries,
- measurement techniques, structure determination procedures, depicting methods and programs
- Course includes instrument demonstration and structure determination exercise
Completion methods
Exercises, instrument demonstration, and final exam at the end of the course
Assessment details
Exercise and final exam at the end of the course,
or book exam.
Final exam with a maximum of 24 points. Lowest passed grade (1/5) requires 50% of the points.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing the course, the student:
- understands basic principles of X-ray crystallography, and knows in the basic level how to apply them for characterizing crystalline materials with single crystal diffraction method.
- Understands common practices in X-ray diffractometry and is aware of sample and instrumentation related parameters effecting to analysis.
- understands basic principles of X-ray crystallography, and knows in the basic level how to apply them for characterizing crystalline materials with single crystal diffraction method.
- Understands common practices in X-ray diffractometry and is aware of sample and instrumentation related parameters effecting to analysis.
Additional information
The course is lectured every year in the third period.
Description of prerequisites
Subject studies in chemistry
Study materials
lecture material and relevant literature
General exam material: lecture material + text book (Werner Massa, Crystal structure determination, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 2000)
General exam material: lecture material + text book (Werner Massa, Crystal structure determination, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 2000)
Completion methods
Method 1
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Method 2
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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