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Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction

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  • Part 1: Symmetry elements, point groups,Bravais lattice,Space groups. group-subgroup relationships.
  • Part 2: X-ray diffraction, Laue, Bragg law, Miller indices, Reciprocal lattice, Ewald sphere, scatering factor, Systematic absences, Data collection, Data reduction. Powder XRD and factor affecting powder pattern, Rielveld refinement, etc.
  • Part 3 : Structure solution: Patterson & direct method.
  • Part 4a : Structure refinement: example 1
  • Part 4b : example 2
  • Part 4c : example 3
  • Part 4d :example 4
  • Part 4e :example 5
  • Part 5 : Crystal growth: in gas phase, from the melt, in the solution, Twinning.
  • Shelx Manual
  • International tables for crystallography: http://www.cryst.ehu.es/