The crystallization process: thermodynamic and kinetic aspects. |
Differences between nucleation and crystal growth.Crystal growth kinetics. Structural aspects. |
Isotopes in Geology: Measuring the geological time with radiactive isotopes.
Analyzing kinetic processes by fractionation of stable isotopes. |
Radioactive isotopes and stable isotopes. Isotopic dating techniques. The Isochrone method. Kinetic tracking of processes using stable isotopic techniques. Notation and units. Rayleigh fractionation. |
X-ray crystallography: Bragg's Law and the Phase problem |
The physical basis of diffraction. Diffraction by crystals lattices and radiation sources. The Bragg Law The reciprocal lattice. Diffraction Patterns. Indexing of diffraction diagrams. powder diagrams and monocrystal diagrams Quantitative Analysis. The Phase problem. Methods of resolution of structures from diffraction datasets. |