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Timetable 2003/2004

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, 24 November 2003.

TERM 1
ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
124/11/03 Internet Skills Writing HTML, Tables, & Pictures JKC
224/11/03 Introduction to Powder Diffraction Overview & General Applications PB
34/12/03 Instrumentation I Laboratory Methods JKC
49/12/03 Instrumentation II Synchrotron X-ray Sources & Diffractometers, Energy-Dispersive Methods PB
519/12/03 Symmetry I 3-D Symmetry Elements, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices JKC
3 Weeks Break for Xmas & New Year in UK
613/1/04 Diffraction I Scattering from Arrays of Atoms, d-spacings, Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials, Structure Factors PB
719/1/04 Instrumentation III Neutron Sources & Diffractometers JKC
8
(2w)		26/1/04 Symmetry II Point Groups & Laue Classes JKC
99/2/04 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
TERM 2
ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
12  8/3/04 Indexing I Peak Positions, Standards, Unit Cell Refinement JKC
1315/3/04 Indexing II Indexing Methods & Programs JKC
1422/3/04 Symmetry IV Systematic Absences, Space Group Determination JKC
1529/3/04 Peak Shapes Peak-Shape Functions, Widths & Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain PB
1 Week Break for B.C.A. Meeting in UK plus
1 Week Break for Easter (9-12 April) in UK
1619/4/04 Structure Refinement I Rietveld Method, Least Squares, R-factors JKC
1726/4/04 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
1910/5/04 Modern Techniques & Applications I Non-Ambient Diffraction, Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors PB
2017/5/04 Modern Techniques & Applications II Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions, Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis PB
2124/5/04 Modern Techniques & Applications III Patents, Polymorphism, Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies JKC
2231/5/04 Structure Solution Whole Pattern Fitting, Structure Solution Methods JKC
TERM 3
ReleaseDate LectureTopicOrganiser
23  5/7/04 Publication Interpreting Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases PB
2412/7/04 Structure Refinement III Refinement in Practice JKC
25t.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
 Monday, 6 September 2004 Project Submission (provisional)  
 Wednesday, 22 September 2004 Written Examination (provisional)  
 Early in the New Year Certificates Awarded

N/A = Not Applicable

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