Experimental Methods in Materials Science

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Department of Materials Engineering

Synopsis:

Diffraction methods : x-ray and electron diffraction (for phase analysis, for assessment of residual stresses, textures and lattice imperfections). Imaging methods : optical and electron microscopy (specimen preparation and imaging characteristics, contrast theory). Advanced physical methods of imaging and chemical microanalysis : scanning electron microscopy (secondary, backscattered, absorbed electrons and IBEC). Electron-probe microanalysis : wavelength and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, quantitative microanalysis, signal processing.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1.Optical microscopy (specimen preparation and imaging characteristics, contrast theory)

2.Confocal microscopy, methods of optical microscopy for analysis (GDOES, etc.)

3.Interaction of electrons with specimen I, transmission electron microscopy (principle, specimen preparation)

4.Transmisson electron microscopy (principle, specimen preparation)

5.Special TEM methods (HV TEM, HR TEM)

6.Scanning electron microscopy (principle, specimen preparation)

7.Scanning electron microscopy (SEI, BEI, AEI, IBEC, contrast theory)

8.Electron diffractography (for phase analysis, for assessment of residual stresses, textures and analysis of lattice imperfections)

9.Interaction of electrons with specimen II, x-ray spectroscopy and chemical microanalysis, EDS, WDS, XPS

10.Methods of spin-polarized microscopy (SPM)

11.Quantitative x-ray microanalyis

12.Electron, ion spectroscopy and microanalysis (Auger spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, SIMS, LAMMA, nuclear methods) I

13.Electron, ion spectroscopy and microanalysis II

Syllabus of tutorials:

Training courses focused on lectured topics are completed with excursions to leading analytical laboratories

Study Objective:

Study materials:

in zech:

[1]MACEK, K. a kol. Experimentální metody v materiálovém inženýrství. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2008

[2]MACEK, K. a kol. Materiálové inženýrství cvičení. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2003

[3]SMOLA, B. Transmisní elektronová mikroskopie ve fyzice pevných látek. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství Praha, 1983

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