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X-ray Crystallography & Diffraction

By Prof. Ranjit Kumar Ray, Prof. Sankaran.S   |   IIEST Shibpur, IIT Madras
Learners enrolled: 490
The properties of any crystalline material are very much functions of its crystal structure and internal arrangement of atoms. X-ray diffraction is an elegant method to determine crystal structure and related parameters. This course provides a glimpse of how X-ray diffraction can be used to solve various crystallographic problems of both single and poly crystalline materials, starting from an elementary level.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate students of Metallurgical and Materials, Physics, Chemistry and
biological sciences

PREREQUISITES:
         Nil
INDUSTRY SUPPORT:   All the Metallurgical and automotive industries will be interested in this course
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Core
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Metallurgy and Material science & Mining Engineering
  • Materials Characterization
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 26 Jul 2021
End Date : 15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends : 09 Aug 2021
Exam Date : 23 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

1.Geometry of crystals

2.Reciprocal lattice

3.Stereographic projection

4.Point groups and space groups

5.Basics of X-rays

6.Production and detection of X-rays

7.X-ray diffraction

8.X-ray diffraction methods

9.Diffractometer measurements

10.Intensity of diffracted beam

11.Determination of crystal structure

12.Precise lattice parameter determination

13.Phase diagram determination

14.Order-disorder transformation

15.Qualitative phase analysis

16.Quantitative phase analysis

17.Chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence

18.Chemical analysis by X-ray absorption

19.Particle size determination by X-rays

20.Texture determination by X-rays

21.Stress analysis by X-rays

22.Determination of single crystal orientation by X-rays

Books and references

1.Elements of X-ray Diffraction: BD Cullity
2.Structure of Metals: CS Barett and TB Massalski

Instructor bio

Prof. Ranjit Kumar Ray

IIEST Shibpur
Prof. R. K. Ray is presently a Visiting Professor in the MN Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering, IIEST Shibpur. Previously he was a Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in IIT Kanpur and a Visiting Scientist and Consultant in the R&D Division of Tata Steel Jamshedpur. His research interests are crystallographic textures of materials, advanced high strength steels, structure and properties of materials, etc.


Prof. Sankaran.S

IIT Madras
Dr. S. Sankaran is presently Professor in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras. His research interests are deformation processing of materials, mechanical behavior of materials and electron microscopy. He is also presently the faculty in-charge of central electron microscopy of IIT Madras.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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