The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction

• Only book that covers these topics at an introductory level.
• Appropriate to the needs of students.
• Familiar and everyday examples in the explanations.
• Includes historical developments in crystallography and diffraction.
• Numerous illustrations, examples, exercises, and answers to the exercises.

Contents

• Preface
• 1 Crystals and crystal structure
• 2 Two-dimensional patterns, lattices and symmetry
• 3 Bravais lattices and crystal systems
• 4 Crystal symmetry: point groups, space groups, symmetry-related properties and quasi-periodic crystals
• 5 Describing lattice planes and directions in crystals: Miller indices and zone axis symbols
• 6 The reciprocal lattice
• 7 The diffraction of light
• 8 X-ray diffraction: the contributions of Max von Laue, W.H. and W.L. Bragg and P.P. Ewald
• 9 The diffraction of x-rays
• 10 X-ray diffraction of polycrystalline materials
• 11 Electron diffraction and its applications
• 12 The stereographic projection and its uses
• Appendix 1. Useful components for crystallography model-building and suppliers
• Appendix 2. Computer programs in crystallography
• Appendix 3. Biographical notes on crystallographers and scientists mentioned in the text
• Appendix 4. Some useful crystallographic relationships
• Appendix 5. A simple introduction to vectors and complex numbers and their use in crystallography
• Appendix 6. Systematic absences (extinctions) in x-ray diffraction and double diffraction in electron diffraction patterns