Academic Catalog

METE310 STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS

Course Code:	5700310
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	4(3-2)
ECTS Credit:	6.5
Department:	Metallurgical And Materials Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. YUNUS EREN KALAY
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Concepts of short and long-range order; symmetry operations. symmetry elements. group theory. point groups. space groups. reciprocal lattice. tensor representation of crystals and their properties. nature and properties of X-ray and electron beams. X-ray and e-beam spectroscopy. X-ray and electron diffraction. phase identification. structure determination. crystallite and microstrain measurement. precise lattice parameter measurement.