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TERM 1 |
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Release | Date |
Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
1 | 24/11/03 |
Internet Skills |
Writing HTML, Tables, &
Pictures |
JKC |
2 | 24/11/03 |
Introduction to Powder
Diffraction |
Overview & General
Applications |
PB |
3 | 4/12/03 |
Instrumentation I |
Laboratory Methods |
JKC |
4 | 9/12/03 |
Instrumentation II |
Synchrotron X-ray Sources &
Diffractometers, Energy-Dispersive Methods |
PB |
5 | 19/12/03 |
Symmetry I |
3-D Symmetry Elements,
Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices |
JKC |
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3 Weeks Break for Xmas & New Year
in UK |
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6 | 13/1/04 |
Diffraction I |
Scattering from Arrays of
Atoms, d-spacings,
Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials,
Structure Factors |
PB |
7 | 19/1/04 |
Instrumentation III |
Neutron Sources &
Diffractometers |
JKC |
8 (2w) | 26/1/04 |
Symmetry II |
Point Groups & Laue
Classes |
JKC |
9 | 9/2/04 |
Diffraction II |
From Structure Factors to
Measured Intensities |
PB |
10 (2w) | 16/2/04 |
Symmetry III |
Space Groups |
JKC |
11 | 1/3/04 |
Qualitative Analysis |
PDF Database: Contents &
Usage |
PB |
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TERM 2 |
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Release | Date |
Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
12 | 8/3/04 |
Indexing I |
Peak Positions, Standards,
Unit Cell Refinement |
JKC |
13 | 15/3/04 |
Indexing II |
Indexing Methods
& Programs |
JKC |
14 | 22/3/04 |
Symmetry IV |
Systematic Absences, Space
Group Determination |
JKC |
15 | 29/3/04 |
Peak Shapes |
Peak-Shape Functions, Widths
& Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain |
PB |
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1 Week Break for B.C.A. Meeting
in UK plus |
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1 Week Break for Easter (9-12 April)
in UK |
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16 | 19/4/04 |
Structure
Refinement I |
Rietveld Method,
Least Squares, R-factors |
JKC |
17 | 26/4/04 |
Structure
Refinement II |
Structural Parameters,
Fourier Maps,
Constraints & Restraints, Multiphase Refinements, Phase Transitions,
Combined Data Sets |
JKC |
18 | 3/5/04 |
Quantitative Analysis |
Methods & Errors |
PB |
19 | 10/5/04 |
Modern Techniques &
Applications I |
Non-Ambient Diffraction,
Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors |
PB |
20 | 17/5/04 |
Modern Techniques &
Applications II |
Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions,
Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis |
PB |
21 | 24/5/04 |
Modern Techniques &
Applications III |
Patents, Polymorphism,
Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies |
JKC |
22 | 31/5/04 |
Structure Solution |
Whole Pattern Fitting,
Structure Solution Methods |
JKC |
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TERM 3 |
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Release | Date |
Lecture | Topic | Organiser |
23 | 5/7/04 |
Publication |
Interpreting
Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases |
PB |
24 | 12/7/04 |
Structure
Refinement III |
Refinement in
Practice |
JKC |
25 | t.b.a. |
Project |
Individual Student
Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
- | N/A |
Project |
Individual Student Project Work |
JKC/LMDC |
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| Monday, 6 September 2004 |
Project Submission (provisional) |
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| Wednesday, 22 September 2004 |
Written Examination (provisional) |
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| Early in the New Year |
Certificates Awarded |
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