Diffraction Techniques and ESCA Syllabus M.Sc.(APPLIED CHEMISTRY) 3rd-III Sem Syllabus for DAVV Indore

DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, DAVV INDORE Syllabus

M.Sc. (APPLIED CHEMISTRY) Fourth-3th-III Semester Curriculum/ Syllabus

MAP-303: Diffraction Techniques and ESCA Syllabus

Unit-I X-ray Diffraction

Bragg condition, Miller indices, Laue Method, Bragg method, Debye Scherrer method of X-ray structural analysis of crystals, index reflections, identification of unit cells from systematic absences in diffraction pattern, Structure of simple lattices and X-ray intensities, structure factor and its relation to intensity and electron density, phase problem. Description of the procedure for an X-ray structure analysis, absolute configuration of molecules.

Unit-II Electron Diffraction

Scattering intensity vs. scattering angle, Wierl equation, measurement technique, elucidation of structure of simple gas phase molecules. Low energy electron diffraction and structure of surfaces.

Unit-III Neutron Diffraction

 Scattering of neutrons by solids measurement techniques, Elucidation of structure of magnetically ordered unit cells.

Unit IV Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Basic principles; photo-electric effect, ionization process, Koopman's theorem. Photoelectron spectra of simple molecules, ESCA, chemical information from ESCA. Auger electron spectroscopy-basic idea.