TO DEVELOP ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF SOLIDS AND SOLID SURFACES. TO INTRODUCE THE CLASSIFICATION AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

APPLICATION OF X-RAY METHODS INCLUDING DIFFRACTION, FLUORESCENCE AND ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION BY X-RAY METHODS. SOLID STATE REACTIONS INCLUDING CORROSION AND CEMENT CHEMISTRY; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. APPLICATION OF GROUP THEORY, INCLUDING POINT AND SHAPE GROUPS. REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR CLASSES OF SOLIDS * CRYSTALLIZATION-NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS * POLYMORPHISM IN PHARMACEUTICAL SOLIDS * ELUCIDATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA * LACTOSE CRYSTALLIZATION * POLYMERS * SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS * NON-STOICHIOMETRY AND SOLID SOLUTIONS * IONIC CONDUCTIVITY IN SOLIDS-SOLID STATE SENSORS * TOPOTACTIC REACTIONS AND EPITAXY

THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF CLOSE PACKING, RADIUS RATIOS AND CRYSTAL FORMS OF MATTER AND DESCRIBE ACCURATELY THE COMMON CRYSTAL STRUCTURES IN TERMS OF ATOMIC PORTIONS AND COORDINATION NUMBERS. 2. DESCRIBE SOLID STRUCTURES IN TERMS OF SEVEN CRYSTAL SYSTEMS AND FOURTEEN BRAVAIS LATTICES. 3. IDENTIFY AND LABEL SYMMETRY IN THE SOLID STATE AND ASSIGN SPACE GROUPS AND RECOGNISE CONSEQUENCES FOR DIFFRACTION PATTERNS. 4. SOLVE AND REFINE CYRSTAL STRUCTURES FROM POWDER AND SINGLE CRYSTAL PATTERNS. 5. RATIONALIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFRACTION PATTERN MEASURED FROM A CRYSTAL AND THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE I.E RECIPROCAL SPACE/REAL SPACE CONNECTION AND BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE AND IDENTIFY POLYMORPHISM 7. APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NON-STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOUNDS AND RECOGNISE AND INTERPRET SELECTED BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS FROM METALS. 8. DEMONSTRATE FAMILIARITY WITH THE PHYSICAL BASIS AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRON DIFFRACTION. 9. ASSESS CRITCIALLY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC OUTPUT AND LITERATURE.

8. Demonstrate an appreciation of the significance of crystallography in consumer products.

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