UNSW Handbook Course - Crystallographic and Microstructural Characteristics

Crystallographic and Microstructural Characteristics - MATS1242


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Material Science and Engineering
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Introduction to crystallography, crystal structure, Bravais lattices, Miller indices, Miller-Bravais indices. Production, adsorption and diffraction of X-rays. Powder and single crystal X-ray methods. Stereographic projection. Application of diffraction methods to solid solutions, thermal analysis, stress measurement, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy chemical analysis. Specimen preparation techniques. Principles of optical microscopy. Quantitative microscopy and sterology. Electron microscopy. Microchemical analysis.

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