Basic Crystallography
1. Edition July 1998
XII, 414 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
This is a thoroughly updated translation of a well-received book published in 1995. Before the book was translated Professor Rousseau thoroughly revised his manuscript, adding a chapter on computational crystallography. It provides an introduction to the basic principles of geometric crystallography via the study of lattices, symmetry operations and the construction of point and space groups. Stereographic projection is used to help students with the visualization of crystal formations in real space. The second part is devoted to x-ray crystallography covering the generation of x-rays, their properties, x-ray diffraction and the uses of neutron and electron diffraction for comparing different materials.
Basic Crystallography J. -J. Rousseau Department of Physics, University of Maine, Le Mans, France Translated from the French by A. James, University of Picardie, France Basic Crystallography deals with the basic principles of geometrical crystallography which are introduced through the study of lattices, symmetry operations and the enumeration and construction of point groups and space groups. Stereographic projection is used to enable students to visualise crystallographic structures in real space. The author devotes the second part of the book to X-ray crystallography, showing how different diffraction directions depend on the lattice and how spot intensities are related to the unit-cell. To give students an understanding of the principles of structural determination, the classical techniques of diffraction and methods of interpreting spectra are examined. To tackle the more challenging aspects of the subject, help is given to the student in the form of exercises with answers and a computer disk accompanies the book allowing readers to work through exercises and plot their own crystallographic data. Written primarily for final year undergraduate students of physics, chemistry, materials science and geometry the book will also be useful for engineering students.
The Postulates of Crystallography.
Point Lattices.
The Stereographic Projection.
Symmetric Operations in Crystal Lattices.
Crystallographic Point Groups.
Classes, Systems and Crystal Lattices.
Space Groups.
Using the International Tables.
X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.
X-Rays.
Fundamentals of Diffraction Theory.
The Laue Method.
The Rotating Crystal Method.
X-Ray Diffraction of Polycrystalline Materials.
Neutron and Electron Diffraction.
Determination of the Atomic Structure of Crystals.
Structural Chemistry.
Special Techniques.
Crystallographic Computing.
EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS.
Appendices.
Bibliography.
Index.
