X-ray Diffraction and Associated Techniques detailed syllabus for Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MSE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Materials Science & Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MSE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to MSE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of x-ray diffraction and associated techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
X-RAY GENERATION AND INTERACTION WITH MATERIALS 9
X-ray – generation – soft and hard x -ray – shortest wavelength – characteristic x -ray – continuous x-ray – absorption – absorption edges – elastic scattering – by an electron, electrons of an atom and atomic arrangements – x-ray fluorescence – elemental identification – collimators – detectors – precautions
Unit II
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD): BASICS 9
Bragg’s law, Diffraction methods – Laue, rotating crystal and powder methods- Stereographic projection – texture and orientation- Intensity of diffracted beams -structure factor calculations
Unit III
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Unit IV
XRD FOR PHASE QUANTIFICATION – II 9
Internal standard – External standard – Direct comparison – single phase quantification – calibration – practical difficulties
Unit V
XRD RESIDUAL STRESS MEASUREMENT 9
Warrens Method, lattice strain calculation – double exposure method – powder diffraction and diffractometer – sin2 ^ technique
Course Outcomes:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to
- Explain the methods of X-ray production and their interaction with the matter
- Discuss on the basics of X-ray diffraction and the intensity of diffracted beams
- Determine the crystal size using the results obtained from XRD
- Identify the phases that are present in the various alloys
- Predict the amount of residual stresses associated with the materials
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Whan R E (Ed), ASM Handbook, Volume 10, Materials Characterisation “, Ninth Edition, ASM international, USA, 1986.
- Yang Leng, Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods, Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd. 2010.
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