The use of X-ray Diffraction

in Crystallographic identification of Materials, Geological and Soil Minerals

The Main Topics:

1-Geometry and symmetry of crystals.

2-The nature of crystal structures and its relation to properties.

3- The difference between X-Ray scattering and X-Ray diffraction.

4-Experimental Strategies for obtaining a good powder diffraction Patterns (Data Acquisition).

5- How to differentiate between: Amorphous, Polycrystalline of random nature and polycrystalline of preferred orientation nature.

6- Polymorphism and phase transitions.

7- Qualitative analysis of samples containing more then one phase.

8- The use of powder (Iccd) file in identifying the powder pattern.

9- Indexing a powder diffraction pattern.

10- Coordination Polyhedra in Diffraction patterns.

Contact

Prof. Karimat El-Sayed.

Tel: +202 282-2189

Fax: +202 284-2123

Postal address

Prof. Karimat El-Sayed.

Physics Department

Faculty of science,

Ain Shams university

Abasia

Cairo

Egypt