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Quarter: Fall, 2006
Prof. G. Beaucage
Office 492 Rhodes Hall, 556-3063
beaucag@uc.edu

Teaching Assistant:   Sandip Argekar email:Sandip.Argekar@gmail.com or argekasu@email.uc.edu
                                    Sachit Chopra email: choprast@email.uc.edu

Textbooks:
"Web Notes XRD" (below), G. Beaucage, updated when needed (last 2006)
"Elements of X-ray Diffraction", B. D. Cullity and S. R. Stock, 3’nd Edition (2001)
        (You will probably need a copy of this text which is fairly comprehensive and useful to own,
        but it is possible to share a copy with other students or to use the web notes if you can't spare
        the funds.) 
Other sources:
"X-ray Diffraction Methods in Polymer Science", L. E. Alexander (1969)
"Methods of X-Ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science", R. J. Roe (2000)

Quizzes F2006 PDF:    Quiz 1;Quiz 2; Quiz 3; Quiz 4; Quiz 5; Quiz 6; Quiz 7; Quiz 8; Quiz 9; Final (3 Quiz) (All Quizzes but final.pdf)
Quizzes F2004 PDF:    Quiz 1; Quiz 2;Quiz 3; Quiz 4; Quiz 5; Quiz 6; Quiz 7; Quiz 8; Quiz 9; Final
Quizzes W2002 PDF:  Quiz 1; Quiz 2; Quiz 3; Quiz 4; Quiz 5; Quiz 6; Quiz 7; Quiz 8
Quizzes S2001 PDF:    Quiz 1; Quiz 2; Quiz 3; Quiz 4; Quiz 5; Quiz 6; Quiz 7; Quiz 8; Quiz 9

Web Text XRD

TOPIC: What are x-rays, How are they Made & Detected Review of Crystalline Structure Basic Idea of Diffraction, X-ray Cameras Reciprocal Space Models For Diffracted Intensity XRD of Semi-Crystalline Polymers Small-Angle Scattering of X-rays Electron Diffraction

Chapter1.html          -Overview of EM Based Techniques          -Background on EM Radiation          -EM waves and Imaginary Numbers Chapter2.html          -Crystal Lattices Web Link          -3D Crystal Planes, Paper Models                   and more          -Crystal Structures          -More crystal Lattice things          -Yet more crystal Lattice things          -And so on crystal Lattice things          -Link to Metal Crystal Structures                 Link to Rasmol to view 3D                    from above site (small pgm)          -Debye Scherrer from Cubic Stru.          -d-spacing equations          -Crystallographic angle equations          -Table of Interplanar Angles Chapter3.html          -Sathish Sukumaran's           Scherrer Derivation Appendix1.html-Reciprocal Road Map.html -Cambridge XRD -Local Link to Cambridge Page -Inverse Sp. Chapter4.html           -Calculation of Intensity.html-Complex Exponential.html -Why Use Complex Numbers XRD of Semi-Crystalline Polymers.html           -Paul Phillips Review 1990           -Paul Phillips Review 1994           -Bassett Pictures of Crystals           -Polymer Crystal Structure Slides*           -Video AFM of Polymer Crystals Growing SAXS/SANS           -Old Small-Angle Scattering of X-rays.html           -Glatter on SAXS           -Rod scattering           -SAXS Page Drexel           -SANS ISIS           -SAXS Okla. U.           -UNICAT Chicago           -SSRL SAXS Pople Spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering           -IR Spectroscopy, Wikipedia IR           -NMR Spectroscopy, Wikipedia NMR TEM ppt presentation Vidhya Sagar Jayaseelan Appendix           -History of XRD from PSU           -Neutron Diffraction at LANL

The course will follow Cullity's text with some additions mostly pertaining to polymer crystallography. A good source for polymer crystallography is the book by R. J. Roe (of our department) or the book by Alexander mentioned in the syllabus. Students will learn the basics of production and use of x-rays, and their application to the characterization of crystalline and semi-crystalline structure in metals, polymers and ceramics.

You should work in a group to analyze data and develop your tables and plots to some extent but the words you write (the text) need to be your own.  Each student needs to prepare a separate lab report that is distinguishable from your group members.  You should look at the lab reports as a learning opportunity for technical writing. 

Labs:

Lab Report Format.html   Lab Notebook Format.html (grading is at the discretion of TA)		Lab Report Format.pdf   Lab Notebook Format.pdf (grading is at the discretion of TA)
WEEK OF:	Lab:	Background:	Data:
September 25	Lab 1 Laser Diffraction.html	Draw what you see in microscope and see Fourier Transform (diffraction pattern).java Polymer Crystallites Background Some Optical Micrographs of Polymer Spherulites Simple Image Manipulation Shareware for Micrographs and LS Images jFourier1 Program to calculate FT of your drawings. Hair Scattering Help.pdf	2006 LS and Micrographs 2004 LS and Micrographs 2002 SALS Patterns and Micrographs for Lab 2001 SALS Patterns and Micrographs for Lab 2000 SALS Patterns and Micrographs for Lab
October 2	PLEASE BRING ANY SAMPLES YOU WANT TO THIS LAB (See old lab data for interesting samples) Lab 2 Pinhole Camera.html	Orientation Function Notes.html;pdf of same ".gif" Table of Polymer XRD Peaks XLS of 2 Theta positions for Common Polymers Link to Metal Crystal Structures Excel Macro to Convert UDF (diffractometer text) to excel format. Instructions for Excel Macro	2006 Pinhole Data 2004 Fall Pinhole and Diff. Data W02 Pinhole Data F01 Polaroids PP Stretched shows Silica band (grainy) Oriented PHB Film from 2D image plate detector Pinhole Photos from Spring 2001 Data for Orientation Calculation.xls Pinhole Photos from Winter 2001 Pinhole Photos from 2000 Pinhole Photos from 1999 UHMWPE.gif ".zip" file of Azimuthal and Radial Averages for Lab (same as next two) + Polymer Spread Sheet (Need pkunzip, or winzip) Download Azimuthal Averaged Data.MSExcel Download Radial Averaged Data.MSExcel Spun High Density Polyethylene Fibers Blown Films of Linear Low Density Polyethylene
October 9	Lab 3 Stereographic Projections, A.html Details of Lab & Graph Paper	Java programs that work Java Applet to make stereographic projections (Wulff Nets) (Doesn't draw great circles though.) Wulff Net ps files About Stereographic Projections IUCrSimple Wulff Net ppt Wulff point and plane movies Fairly detailed Wulff Net Black Wulff Net Boule Wikipedia Text For Lab Pole Figure Wikipedia
October 16	Lab 4 Laue Method.html	Laue Method Schematic Greninger Chart Slides on Diffraction Measurements Java programs that work Java Applet to Calculate Laue patterns for SimpleC, FCC and BCC DOS Program for calculating Laue Patterns Text Another program for Laue Debye-Scherrer and Powder calculations	2006 Data Crystal Quality KBr Laue Photos from 2000 Laue Photos from 1999
October 23	Lab 5 Debye Scherrer Camera Hull-Davey Charts.html	Indium A6 Structure Excel Macro to Convert UDF (diffractometer text) to excel format. Instructions for Excel Macro	2006 Data Zip 2004 Fall Data, Zip of all 2001 Spring Diffractometer Runs for Indexing Link to Indium Structure (A6 by Strukturbericht ...) 2000 Indium 1999 Data (.hqx files of excel spreadsheets): Copper (FCC) Germanium Single Crystal (Diamond Cubic) Molybdenum (BCC) Indium(BC Tetragonal) Brass Key (FCC Compare to Copper) Germanium Ground to Powder(Compare with Germanium Single Crystal above, Diamond Cubic) Second Run of Moly(BCC) Zinc (HCP in Table 10.2)
October 30	Lab 6 Diffractometer, Metal Phase Analysis.html	Instructions for Excel Macro	Groups 1 and 2, Groups 3 and 4 2006 Data 2004, zip of folder Metal Phase Spring 2001.xls Data.xls for 2000 1999 Data (.hqx of excel spreadsheets): Copper Wire (oriented), Copper Plate (unoriented), Zinc Powder, Brass Key, Moly Powder, Moly/Copper Powder
November 6	Lab 7 SAXS	Semi-crystalline Polymer Morphology XRD of Semi-Crystalline Polymers SAXS Notes	SAXS Data 2006 2004 Data 2001 Data q* vs Temp data for Hoffman Analysis Aerogel 2D PE isotropic 2D HDPE Aerogel 2D All 1-d files are columns of q (1/Angstrom), I (counts), Standard Deviation (counts) Aerogel 1D PET (Bad) 1D PE 1D LDPE Processing Data LDPE 2d SAXS and XRD of Blown LDPE Films
November 13	Lab 8 Diffractometer, Polymer Degree of Crystallinity.html	Instructions for Excel Macro Polymer Crystalline Morphology	2006 Data Gps 1 and 2; Gps 3 and 4 2004 DOC Data, SAXS and XRD PET PET Data 020228 CONTAINS NEW GOOD AMORPHOUS PET (Polyethylene Pterapthalate(sp)) for a series of crystallization temperatures and an amorphous run. DCS Trace for PET, Tg~85C 2001 Spring PE different DOC 2000 Data (.xls file of Durm and PETE Bottle) Drum Heads and PET Bottle Data 1999 Data (.hqx files of excel spreadsheets): Polyethylene Trace Close to Amorphous PE Trace Metallocene Low Crystallinity
November 27 Demo Lab (Write-up is a Summary Report)	(Keith Leonard) Lab 9 TEM.html Keith's Writeup (nice).html C20	Program for calculating Kossel patterns, Laue and Kikuchi Lines Lab 9.pdf Keith's.pdf	Data 2006 Class on Monday Nov. 20 and Lab will be taught by Vidhya Sagar Jayaseelaw Jayasevs@email.uc.edu 562 ERC He is an expert in electron diffraction and TEM especially from diamond films.

Course Requirements

Quizzes: Each Wednesday including 9/27. Quizzes will be held at the end of class for 1/2 hour.

Occasional Homework: Due 1 week from assignment (very rare).

Labs: Don't copy old labs.

All labs are due Tuesday at 5 pm for all lab sections.

Work together on labs and share data but your write-up should be done independently.

A short quiz (10 minutes) will be given at the start of each lab period covering the lab.  This will reflect 15% of your lab grade.

Grading

All assignments (quizzes, labs and occasional homework) will receive equal weight. The following letter grades will be based on the average of these assignments,

• A = 90.0-100
• B = 80.0 - 89.9
• C = 70.0 - 79.9

Only Whole Grades Are Used Unless the Class Petitions for Half Grades at the Start of the Quarter (first week).

A comprehensive final based on all quizzes, homework and labs will be worth 3 assignment grades.

                                           Schedule for the End of the Quarter

Dec  5 Tuesday Final Baldwin 643 Time 4 pm
     Final will be 3 of the previous quizzes but not the previous Friday's quiz.

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