Solids

Course guarantor:

Viliam Múčka

Lecturer:

Jan Bárta, Viliam Múčka

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Nuclear Chemistry

Synopsis:

Introduction to the crystalline solids, their properties and characterization of their properties or composition, mainly through X-ray diffraction.

Requirements:

The course is completed after an oral examination covering 3 topics, of which at least 1 focuses on the theory and at least 1 focuses on the practical aspects.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Types of chemical bonds in solid materials.

2.Unit cell and crystal / lattice systems.

3.Crystal lattice and Miller indices.

4.Origin of X-rays and their detection.

5.Bragg`s law.

6.Diffraction lines and indexing.

7.Powder diffraction and structure factor.

8.Laue method, rotating crystal method.

9.Debye-Scherrer method, instrumentation.

10.Determination of lattice parameters.

11.Phase identification and quantitative analysis.

12.Determination of some physico-chemical properties.

13.Electron and neutron diffraction

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

To make students acquainted with basic principles of X-ray diffraction and its applications

Study materials:

Key Literature:

1.C. J. Gilmore, J. A. Kaduk, H. Schenk: International Tables for Crystallography, Volume H: Powder diffraction, 1st Ed., Wiley, New Jersey, 2019

2.V. K. Pecharsky, P. Y. Zavalij: Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Characterization of Materials, 2nd Ed., Springer, Berlin, 2009

Recommended Literature:

3.M. I. Aroyo: International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A: Space-group Symmetry, 6th Ed., Wiley, New Persey, 2016

Note:

Requires the fundamental knowledge of physics and physical chemistry

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

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Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderná chemie (compulsory course in the program)