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.

Recommended to be taken in the second year of the Master's studies.

Intermediate studies in chemistry

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