ZCE 451/3

X-RAY ANALYSIS
X-RAY ?
X-RAY ?
X-RAY CRYSTALOGRAPHY
POWDER XRD
XRF

X-RAY ANALYSIS ?
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Older method

Latest method
 LESSON OUTCOME
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• understand how the structure of a molecule obtained by X-ray
crystallographic methods.
• apply and analyze the analysis of X-ray Diffraction in powder,
fluorescence and other related methods.
• sketch, label and analyze X-ray analysis component.
• explain and justify the role of each method in analysis of X-ray.
 CHAPTERS
Chapter TOPIC
1 The Concept of Microstructure
2 X-Rays Interactions with matter
3 Crystallography and Crystal Structure
4 X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Method
5 Systematic Absences in Crystal Data
7 Structure Determination
8 Powder XRD (PXRD)
9 X-Ray Flourescence (XRF)
COURSE ASSESSMENT
1. Continuous assessment: 40%
a. Assignment = 10%
b. Presentation = 5%
c. Test (2) = 20%
d. Pop-Quizzes = 5%
2. End of semester examination: 60%
 ZCE451
1:30- 2:50 pm
Week Date Class Course Content
begin-end
1 09.09.2019 - 15.09.2019 Lecture 1 Outline
2 16.09.2019 - 22.09.2019 Lecture 1 Introduction Crystallography
3 23.09.2019 - 29.09.2019 Lecture 2 X-Ray Interactions With Matter
4 30.09.2019 - 06.10.2019 Lecture 2 X-Ray Interactions With Matter
5 07.10.2019 - 13.10.2019 Lecture 3 Crystallography and Crystal Structure
6 14.10.2019 - 20.10.2019 Lecture 3 Crystallography and Crystal Structure
7 21.10.2019 - 27.10.2019 Lecture 4 X-Ray Diffraction
TEST 1
8 28.10.2019 - 03.11.2019 Mid-Semester Break
9 04.11.2019 - 10.11.2019 Lecture 4 X-Ray Diffraction
10 11.11.2019 - 17.11.2019 Lecture 4 X-Ray Diffraction
11 18.11.2019 - 24.11.2019 Lecture 5 Absences in Crystal Data
12 25.11.2019 - 01.12.2019 Lecture 6 Structure Determination
13 02.12.2019 - 08.12.2019 Lecture 7 Powder X-Ray Diffraction
14 09.12.2019 - 15.12.2019 Lecture 7 X-Ray Fluorescence
15 16.12.2019 - 22.12.2019 Lecture 8 Presentation Week
TEST 2
16 23.12.2019 - 29.12.2019: Revision Week

17-19 30.12.2019- 9.01.2020: Examination Weeks

20-23 20.01.2020 - 16.02.2020 : Semester Break

 Recommended Study Sources
 Ooi L-L. Principles of X-ray crystallography, Oxford University Press, 2009.
 Giacovazzo C. Fundamentals of Crystallography (IUCr), Oxford University Press, 1992.
 Ladd M.F.C. & Palmer R.A. Structure determination by X-ray Crystallography, Plenum
Press, 1993.
 Jenkins R. & Snyder R.L. Introduction to X-Ray Powder Diffractometry. John Wiley and
Sons, 1996.
 Jenkins R, Gould RW & Gedcke D. Quantitative X-ray Spectrometry, CRC press, 1995.