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Timetable 2001/2002

School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London

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Normally lectures will be made available at the beginning of the week. Release numbers are sequential per "term". Note that terms do not follow the conventional pattern of an english school/university term. Each term roughly coincides with a particular unit, but there will be deviations for a few individual lectures, in order to optimize delivery of the more difficult subjects. Certain releases in terms 1 and 2 will have a release which is intended to be studied over a 2-week period. Releases in term 3 are only nominal, as the project will be self-paced.

Official start date Monday, 22 October 2001.

TERM 1
ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
122/10/01 Internet Skills Writing HTML, Tables, & Pictures JKC
229/10/01 Introduction to Powder Diffraction Overview & General Applications PB
35/11/01 Instrumentation I Laboratory Methods JKC
412/11/01 Instrumentation II Synchrotron X-ray Sources & Diffractometers, Energy-Dispersive Methods PB
519/11/01 Symmetry I 3-D Symmetry Elements, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices JKC
626/11/01 Diffraction I Scattering from Arrays of Atoms, d-spacings, Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials, Structure Factors PB
7
(2w)		3/12/01 Symmetry II Point Groups & Laue Classes JKC
817/12/01 Diffraction II From Structure Factors to Measured Intensities PB
2 Week Break for Xmas & New Year
9
(2w)		7/1/02 Symmetry III Space Groups JKC
1027/5/02 Instrumentation III Neutron Sources & Diffractometers JKC
1128/1/02 Qualitative Analysis PDF Database: Contents & Usage PB
TERM 2
ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
124/2/02 Indexing I Peak Positions, Standards, Unit Cell Refinement JKC
1311/2/02 Indexing II Indexing Methods & Programs JKC
1418/2/02 Symmetry IV Systematic Absences, Space Group Determination JKC
1525/2/02 Peak Shapes Peak-Shape Functions, Widths & Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain PB
164/3/02 Structure Refinement I Rietveld Method, Least Squares, R-factors JKC
1711/3/02 Structure Refinement II Structural Parameters, Fourier Maps, Constraints & Restraints, Multiphase Refinements, Phase Transitions, Combined Data Sets JKC
1818/3/02 Quantitative Analysis Methods & Errors PB
1 Week Break for B.C.A. Meeting in UK plus
2 Week Break for Easter
1915/4/02 Modern Techniques & Applications I Non-Ambient Diffraction, Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors PB
2022/4/02 Modern Techniques & Applications II Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions, Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis PB
2129/4/02 Modern Techniques & Applications III Patents, Polymorphism, Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies JKC
227/5/02 Publication Interpreting Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases MPA
TERM 3
ReleaseDATE LectureTopicOrganiser
-10/6/02 Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
2317/9/02 Structure Solution Whole Pattern Fitting, Structure Solution Methods JKC
2427/8/02 Structure Refinement III Refinement in Practice LMDC/JKC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work (continued) MPA/JKC/LMDC
 Monday 9th September 2002 (*) Project Submission  
 Wednesday 25th September 2002 Written Examination  
 Early in the New Year Certificates Awarded

N/A = Not Applicable,       * = Except where extension has been granted

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