KEMS3250 Principles of X-ray diffraction methods (6 cr)

Course focuses on:

• X-ray radiation, crystal systems, Bravais lattices, symmetry operations and space group symmetries, crystallographic programs and databases.
• measurement techniques, structure determination and refinement procedures and programs, and analysis of the crystal structure 
• Course includes instrument demonstration and structure determination exercise.

• understands basic principles of X-ray crystallography, and knows in the basic level how to apply them for characterizing single crystalline materials with X-ray diffraction.
• Understands the common practices how to use X-ray diffractometry in structural chemistry with single crystals and is aware of the crystal growing, structure solving and refeniment  methods and analysis of the structure,  and instrumentation.

Working life skills

• Manages the planning of work, tasks, and time use and adheres to agreed schedules.
• Can combine and apply the learned in the course in structural chemistry problems.
• Can independently search information and expand their knowledge.
• Can answer orally and in writing problems and questions and can clearly explain their answer or opinion.
• Will be able to discuss the use of the single crystal X-ray diffraction method using correct terminology and terminology in English and in Finnish
• Understands the research ethical issues related to the subject area of ​​the course and take them into account in future structural or chemical work related to organic or inorganic chemistry.

Intermediate studies in chemistry

• Werner Massa, Crystal structure determination, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 2000 (ISBN: 3-540-65970-6)
  
• lecture material