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Material Characterization

Prof. S. Sankaran · IIT Madras

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  1. Properties of light, Image formation Video
  2. Magnification and resolution Video
  3. Depth of field,focus and field of view Video

week-02

  1. Lens defects,filters and light microscopy introduction Video
  2. Optical microscope demo., Bright field imaging, opaque specimen illumination Video
  3. Opaque stop microscopy, Phase contrast microscopy Video
  4. Dark field microscopy, Polarization microscopy Video

week-03

  1. Differential interference contrast and fluorescence microscopy Video
  2. Sample preparation techniques for optical microscopy Video
  3. Tutorial problems Video
  4. continuation-Tutorial problems Video

week-04

  1. Introduction to scanning electron Microscopy Video
  2. Lens aberrations, Object resolution, Image quality Video
  3. Interaction between electrons and sample, Imaging capabilities Video
  4. SEM and its mode of operation, Effect of aperture size,Working distance,condenser lens strength Video

week-05

  1. SEM and its mode of operation- continuation Video
  2. Factors affecting Interaction volume, Demonstration of SEM Video
  3. Image formation and interpretation Video
  4. Image formation and interpretation continued, EDS, WDS Video

week-06

  1. Special contrast mechanisms, Monte Carlo simulations of Interaction volume Video
  2. Electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI), (EBSD)-Theory & instrument demonstration Video
  3. Tutorial Problems on SEM Video

week-07

  1. Basics of X-ray emission from source, electron excitation and X-ray interaction Video
  2. Properties of X-rays Video
  3. Bragg's Law Derivation Video
  4. Diffraction relationship with reciprocal space Video

week-08

  1. X-ray scattering Video
  2. Factors affecting intensities of X-ray peaks Video
  3. Factors affecting intensities of X-ray peaks- continuation Video
  4. Effect of crystallite size and strain on intensity of X-rays Video

week-09

  1. Profile fit, Factors affecting peak brodening Video
  2. Indexing of diffraction pattern, Quantitative analysis Video
  3. Indexing, Quantitative analysis-continuation, Residual stress measurements Video
  4. XRD and Residual stress measurement- lab demonstration Video

week-10

  1. XRD Tutorial - 1 Video
  2. XSD Tutorial -2 Video
  3. Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Video
  4. Fundementals of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Video

week-11

  1. Basics of Diffraction-1 Video
  2. Basics of Diffraction-2 Video
  3. TEM imaging-1 Video
  4. TEM imaging-2 Video

week-12

  1. TEM instrument demonstration Video
  2. TEM sample preparation-1- Video
  3. TEM sample preparation-2 Video
  4. TEM Tutorial - 1 Video
  5. TEM Tutorial - 2 Video

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Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Metallurgy and Material Science
Teacher
Prof. S. Sankaran
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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