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Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction
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Timetable 1999/2000 School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London |
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Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction
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Timetable 1999/2000 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, 15 November 1999.
| TERM 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release | Date | Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
| 1 | 15/11/99 | Internet Skills | Writing HTML, Tables, & Pictures | JKC |
| 2 | 22/11/99 | Introduction to Powder Diffraction | Overview & General Applications | PB |
| 3 | 29/11/99 | Instrumentation I | Laboratory Methods | JKC |
| 4 | 6/12/99 | Instrumentation II | Synchrotron X-ray Sources & Diffractometers, Energy Dispersive Methods | PB |
| 5 (2w) | 13/12/99 | Symmetry I | 3-D Symmetry Elements, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices | JKC |
| Xmas & New Year Break (2 weeks) | ||||
| 6 | 10/1/00 | Diffraction I | Scattering from Arrays of Atoms, d-spacings, Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials, Structure Factors | PB |
| 7 | 17/1/00 | Diffraction II | From Structure Factors to Measured Intensities | PB |
| 8 | 24/1/00 | Symmetry II | Point Groups & Laue Classes | JKC |
| 9 | 6/2/00 | Instrumentation III | Neutron Sources & Diffractometers | JKC |
| 10 (2w) | 14/2/00 | Symmetry III | Space Groups | JKC |
| 11 | 21/2/00 | Qualitative Analysis | PDF Database: Contents & Usage | PB |
| Break (1 week) | ||||
| TERM 2 | ||||
| Release | Date | Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
| 12 | 6/3/00 | Modern Techniques & Applications I | Non-Ambient Diffraction, Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors | PB |
| 13 | 14/3/00 | Indexing I | Peak Positions, Standards, Unit Cell Refinement | JKC |
| 14 | 20/3/00 | Modern Techniques & Applications II | Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions, Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis | PB |
| 15 | 30/3/00 | Indexing II | Indexing Methods & Programs | JKC |
| Break for B.C.A. Meeting in UK (1 week) | ||||
| 16 | 14/4/00 | Symmetry IV | Systematic Absences, Space Group Determination | JKC |
| 17 | 17/4/00 | Peak Shapes | Peak-Shape Functions, Widths & Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain | PB |
| Easter Break (1 week) | ||||
| 18 | 7/5/00 | Structure Refinement I | Rietveld Method, Least Squares, R-factors | JKC |
| 19 | 16/5/00 | Structure Refinement II | Structural Parameters, Fourier Maps, Constraints & Restraints, Multiphase Refinements, Phase Transitions, Combined Data Sets | JKC |
| 20 | 16/5/00 | Quantitative Analysis | Methods & Errors | PB |
| 21 | 30/5/00 | Modern Techniques & Applications III | Patents, Polymorphism, Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies | SET/JKC |
| 22 | 26/6/00 | Structure Solution | Whole Pattern Fitting, Structure Solution Methods | JKC |
| TERM 3 | ||||
| Release | DATE | Lecture | Topic | Organiser |
| 23 | 19/6/00 | Publication | Interpreting Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases | MPA |
| 24 | (t.b.a.) | Structure Refinement III | Refinement in Practice | JKC |
| 25 | 1/8/00 | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| 27 September 2000 | Written Examination | |||
| 27 October 2000 | Project Submission | |||
| End Dec. | Certificates Awarded | |||
N/A = Not Applicable
(t.b.a.) = (to be announced) - This is to enable us to assess student progress
and to adjust the pace accordingly.
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