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.