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Physical Methods of Material Analysis

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Course Unit Code480-2023/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HLA58doc. Ing. Irena Hlaváčová, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject Physical methods of materials analysis provides students with an overview of basic methods and tools used to analyze material properties.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
List the basic experimental methods used for analysis of materials, describe their principles and define, which properties of materials it is possible to determine using various procedures.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to Measurement Theory - Fundamentals of Metrology.
2. Electronic structure of substances. Electromagnetic radiation
3. Analytical methods based on the interaction of photons with substance I:
photoelectron spectroscopy.
4. Analytical methods based on the interaction of photons with substance II:
X-ray spectroscopy.
5. Analytical methods based on photon interaction with substance III:
defectoscopy and diffraction.
6. Analytical methods based on interaction of electrons with substance I:
electron microscopy (scanning, Auger)
7. Analytical methods based on interaction of electrons with substance II:
electron diffraction
8. Analytical methods based on interaction of electrons with substance III:
X-ray microanalysis, mass spectroscopy
9. Analytical method based on neutron interaction with substance: neutron diffraction.
10. Analytical methods based on the interaction of ions with the substance:
Spectroscopy of scattered, slow, secondary ions, Rutherford back scattering
11. Autoemission microscopy and spectroscopy
12. Nuclear resonance methods - NMR, Mössbauer spectroscopy.
13. Special experimental techniques (magnetic, optical, magnetooptic ...)
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ECKERTOVA L.: Physics of Thin Films, Plenum Publishing Co., New York, SNTL Praha, 1986
DANILATOS G.D.: Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, 78 (1990), 102
ECKERTOVÁ L., FRANK L.: Metody analýzy povrchů - elektronová mikroskopie a difrakce. Academia, 1996.
FRANK L., KRÁL J.: Metody analýzy povrchů - iontové, sondové a speciální metody. Academia, 2002.
ECKERTOVÁ L.: Experimentální metody fyziky pevných látek – metody analýzy povrchů. Univerzita Karlova, Praha, 1982.

en:
ECKERTOVA L.: Physics of Thin Films, Plenum Publishing Co., New York, SNTL Praha, 1986
DANILATOS G.D.: Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, 78 (1990), 102
Recommended Reading:
DOEHNE E., BOWER N.W.: Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2, (1997), 535-563
COWLEY J.M.: Diffraction Physics, N. Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam 1979
AMBROS F.: Experimentální metody a technika, ČVUT, 1993.
BRZKOVSKÝ K.: Experimentální metody měření, ČVUT, 1993.
DVOŘÁK L.: Úvod do fyziky kondenzovaných látek, UP Olomouc, 1993.
GRICOVÁ M.: Metody analýzy materiálů, ČVUT Praha, 1988.

en
DOEHNE E., BOWER N.W.: Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2, (1997), 535-563
COWLEY J.M.: Diffraction Physics, N. Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam 1979
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 16
        ExaminationExamination70 21