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| View Larger Image | The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction (International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography, 5)
by Christopher Hammond
| | List Price: | $70.95 | | Price: | $63.85 | | You Save: | $7.10 (10%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 7 to 13 days | | | | | Sales Rank: | 326362 | | Studio: | Oxford University Press, USA | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 352 | | Publication Date: | June 21, 2001 | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
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Product Description
This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the topics of crystallography and diffraction for undergraduate and beginning graduate students and lecturers in physics, chemistry, materials, and earth sciences. It shows how crystal structures may be built up from simple ideas of atomic packing and co-ordination, and develops the concepts of crystal symmetry, point and space groups by way of two-dimensional examples of patterns and tilings. The concept of the reciprocal lattice is explained in simple terms and its importance in an understanding o light, x-ray and electron diffraction. Finally, the book covers practical examples of the applications of these techniques and describes the importance of diffraction in the performance of optical instruments. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)
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I found this book to be a very nice introduction of X-Ray Crystallography. There is just enough detail so that it is not overwhelming, but you can still learn quite a bit from this book.
April 02, 2007 | |
good introduction to crystallography 
For an undergrad reader, Hammond develops the theory and explains the experiments you can do in crytallography. The theory of scattering from a single crystal explains the diffraction patterns. The latter are what you observe, and the text shows how you can work back from these to deduce what the underlying crystal structure might be.
There are variations on this approach. Especially the powder method, where you do not have a single crystal, but a powder of microcrystals. Which can be visualised as spinning the Bravais lattice around its origin, to give the diffraction patterns.
More recent observations like quasicrystals are also covered.
A good introduction to crystallography.
July 05, 2006 | |
Highly recommended.
Very nice book, very comprehensive, excellent quality of pictures. Can be recommended as a very gentle introduction to crystallography and diffraction. Probably not so useful for more advanced students.
January 14, 2003 | |
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