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SE 602 Surface Characterization Techniques

Production and detection of X-Rays; Bragg's law - Diffraction Methods - laue, rotation crystal and powder methods. Intensity of diffracted beams - Atomic scattering factor - structure factor - Multiplicity factor Absorption and temperature factors - cameras, Laue, Debyescherrer, Counters: proportional, scintillation and Geiger counters. Precise lattice parameters measurement Calibration Errors phase diagram determination order-disorder transformation residual stress measurements, Principles and applications , Description of the electron microscopes resolving power electron optics , Aberrations - Specimen preparation , electro chemical thining , ion milling , replica technique, bright and dark field imaging and HRTEM , selected area diffraction using EDX, WDX, and EELS techniques of compositional analysis Constructional features, detectors, secondary electron and back scattered electron detectors, channeling pattern, compositional and topological contrast, failure analysis using AFM, STEM and elemental analysis using EPMA. Laser flash diffusivity apparatus, Differential scanning calorimetry, High temperature dilatometry, Differential thermal analysis and associated tests. Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter-BornOppenheimer approximationIR Spectroscopy and microscopy- Raman Spectroscopy-Fundamentals- SERSElectronic spectroscopy NMR- EPR-NQR- Mossbauer spectroscopy-Basic principles and applications TOF-TANDEM- Mas spectroscopy - Basic principles of electron spectroscopyUV, X-ray- Auger electron spectroscopy- Emission Spectroscopy Principles and applications Text Books 1. Elements of X-Ray Diffraction, B.D. Cullity, Addision Wesley Publishing Co., Massachusetts, 2007. 2. Experimental Techniques in Physical Metallurgy, Cherepin and Mallik, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, 2002. 3. P. Marcus, F. Mansfeld Ed., Analytical Methods in Corrosion Science and Engineering, Taylore and Francis, 2006 Reference books: 1. Transmission electron microscopy of metals, G. Thomas, John wiley and sons, New York, 2006. 2. Microscopy and micro techniques, R. Marimuthu, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 2005. 3. D. A. Skoog, E. J. Holler, S. R. Crouch , Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6 th edition, Thomson Brooks Cole , 2007

SE 635 Spectroscopic Methods in Materials Characteriazation


Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter-BornOppenheimer approximation-Rotational spectroscopy-Selection rules- Vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules- rotational character of vibrational spectra- Morse potential - selection rulesovertones-Fermi resonance- polyatomic molecules- modes of vibrations IR instrumentation - IR microscopy- Reflectance and micro spectroscopy- Raman Spectroscopy-Fundamentals- Rotational Raman -Vibrational Raman spectra- SERS-Electronic spectroscopy of Coordination compounds- Different types of electronic transitions-Band Gap Analysis Magnetic Resonance- Concept and theory- - Instrumentation- Relaxation phenomena, 1HNMR- chemical shift Anisotropic effects- other nuclei - 13C-NMR Chemical shifts and line intensities-Spin decoupling- NOE - Polarization Transfer schemes- APT/INEPT/DEPT Introduction to Solid state NMR- cross polarization-WAHUHA-Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Basic principles-hyperfine interaction- Principles and applications of Mossbauer spectroscopy-NQR spectroscopy Mass spectroscopy: Methods of desorption and ionization (EI, CI, ESI, MALDI, FAB, TOF)Instrumentation-Magnetic sector analysis-quadrupole instruments- Ion cyclotron resonance (FT)- Isotope distribution analysis SIMS- TG, DTA and DSC - Instrumentation and Theory Flame Emission and Atomic Absorption Spectrometer- Instrumentation of AAS- the flame spectra, flame characteristics- Atomizers used in spectroscopy- Hollow cathode lampinterference in AAS-applications- Atomic Emission Spectroscopy- DCP and ICP-MSsimultaneous multi element analysis. Basic principles of electron spectroscopy- Photoelectric effect - experimental methodselectron energy analysis-photon sources - UV, X-ray, synchrotron, theory, angular dependence-cross section and its determination-valence and core photoemission Koopmans theorem- Auger electron spectroscopy: introduction - instrumentation classification of various transitions - quantization - applications Glow discharge Emission Spectroscopy- Principles and Applications Separation Techniques: Electrophoresis: theory and applications- HPLC-theory and instrumentation - Gas chromatography basic instrumental set up-carriers- columnsdifferent detectors TCD, FID, ECD and NPD- CHN analysis by GC- other elemental analysis methods - Application of Radiotracer methods in Corrosion Studies- Scanning Electrode Techniques for Investigating Near Surface Solution Current Densities

Text Books 1. P. Marcus, F. Mansfeld Ed., Analytical Methods in Corrosion Science and Engineering, Taylore and Francis, 2006 2. D. A. Skoog, E. J. Holler, S. R. Crouch , Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6th edition, Thomson Brooks Cole , 2007 3. J. M. Hollas, Modern Spectroscopy, 4th Edn, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

Reference Books: 1. F. Rouessac and A. Rouessac, Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, 2nd edn, John Wiely and Sons,2007 2. H. H. Willard, L.L. Merrit, J.A. Dean and F.A. Settle, Instrumental Methods of Analysis, D, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 1988 3. C. N. Banwell: Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, 4th edn. Tata McGraw Hill, 1996 4. D. N. Sathyanarayana, Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, ESR, NMR, NQR, I. K. International, 2009 5. Donald L. Pavia, Gary M. Lampman, George S. Kriz, James A. Vyvyan, Introduction to Spectroscopy, Brooks Cole,2009 6. P. K. Ghosh, Introduction to Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Wiley Interscience, 1983.

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