MT61123: Diffraction Techniques In Materials Engineering

MT61123
Course name	Diffraction Techniques In Materials Engineering
Offered by	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Credits	4
L-T-P	3-1-0
Previous Year Grade Distribution
1 6 3 2 EX A B C D P F
Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Production and detection of X-rays. Basic crystallography of materials Symmetry Elements, Point Groups, Space Groups. Reciprocal lattice. Analysis of diffracted beam direction - Bragg approach and Laue approach. Intensities of diffracted beams: Scattering from single electron, atom, unit cell, small crystal â the kinametical theory of x-ray diffraction. Single crystal diffraction methods and their applications. Modern powder diffraction methods. Indexing of powder diffraction patterns. Precise lattice parameter estimation. Determination of crystal structures from symmetry and geometry, and Patterson, direct and Fourier methods. Rietveled method and precise crystal structures. Qualitative and quantitative phase identification. Preferred orientation. Grain size and microstrain, Residual stress. Order-disorder transformations. Diffraction from thin films. Neutron diffraction. Theory of electron diffraction, geometry of electron diffraction and their applications, microdiffraction.

Time Table

Day	8:00-8:55 am	9:00-9:55 am	10:00-10:55 am	11:00-11:55 am	12:00-12:55 pm		2:00-2:55 pm	3:00-3:55 pm	4:00-4:55 pm	5:00-5:55 pm
Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday								MT310	MT310
Friday							MT310	MT310