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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Methods of Scientific Work

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 060-0924/02
Abbreviation MVP
Course title Methods of Scientific Work
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Security Services
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Karla Barčová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course is focused on an overview of the basic methods of scientific research (basic and applied research, qualitative and quantitative), including systemic approach to scientific work. Furthermore, the subject includes the theory of measurement, processing and evaluation of the measured experimental data and measurement uncertainty. Emphasis is placed on understanding the logical construction of the experiment and the proper use of statistical methods in the measurement results.
Part of the course is focused on explaination of the theoretical principles of basic diffraction and imaging experimental methods used for materials study, and also advanced physical methods of imaging and chemical microanalysis.
optical microscopy, electron microscopy
X-ray and electron diffraction
microanalysis electron probe
chromatography, electrophoresis, infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis

Literature

DUNLAP, R.A.:Experimental Physics: Modern Methods, Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN-10: 0195049497 .
RAGHAVENDRA, N.V.; KRISHNAMURTHY, L: Engineering Metrology and Measurements, Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
Gauch, Hugh G. Jr. (2003), Scientific Method in Practice, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-01708-4 .

Advised literature

BISH, D.L., POST, J.E., EDS. Modern Powder Diffraction, Reviews in Mineralogy,
Volume 20, 1989
KIMOTHI, S.K: The Uncertainty of Measurements: Physical and Chemical Metrology and Analysis, ASQ Quality Press, 2002.
WATT, I., M.: The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy. Cambridge University Press; 1997