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Techniques of Materials Characterization

By Prof. Shibayan Roy   |   IIT Kharagpur
Learners enrolled: 1105   |  Exam registration: 201
ABOUT THE COURSE:
The objective of the course is to provide a broad overview about different techniques available for structural characterization of various materials systems. It is an amalgamation of the science behind these characterization techniques and their application in material systems. The course is divided into two segments dealing with two major aspects of material structures and characterization; initial part will focus on imaging the microstructure by various microscopy techniques while the later part will deal with understanding the internal structure by diffraction phenomena.

For this, the first set of lectures will introduce the fundamental issues of image formation and its inherent attributes and proceed towards details about specific imaging techniques e.g. light/optical microscopy and electron microscopy. Afterwards, the course will cover the basics of diffraction phenomena and related techniques using electron and X-ray sources. At all times, while dealing with these characterization techniques, their importance in materials research and application to real problem solving will be emphasized.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Final year UG and PG students and PhD research scholars from various disciplines like Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering,Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Physics, Chemistry,Materials Science etc.

PRE-REQUISITES   : Any introductory courses on Materials Science and Engineering

INDUSTRY SUPPORT :Industries dealing with metal making and processing (e.g. steel or Aluminum industries), semiconductor device making, biomedical applications etc.
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Metallurgy and Material science & Mining Engineering
  • Materials Characterization
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 22 Jul 2024
End Date : 11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends : 16 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 03 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:

  1. Introduction to microscopy

  1. Basic principles of image formation

  2. General concepts of microscopy: resolution. Magnification, depth of field, depth of focus etc. 

  1. Optical microscopy

  1. Image formation, contrast development

  2. Basic components (light sources, specimen stage, lens system, optical train etc.)

Week 2:

  1. Various modes of optical microscopy 

  1. Bright field mode (transmission vs. reflection) 

  2. Contrast enhancing modes (dark field, polarized light, interference contrast, fluorescent microscopy etc.)

Week 3: 

  1. General concepts of electron microscopy

  1. Basic components of electron microscope (electron gun, electro-magnetic lenses etc.)

  2. Aberrations (chromatic, spherical, astigmatism etc.) and their corrections 

  3. Electron-materials interaction (elastic vs. inelastic scattering, coherent vs. incoherent scattering, interaction volume)

Week 4: 

  1. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

  1. Image formation and contrast generation (mass-thickness contrast, atomic number contrast, diffraction contrast etc.) 

  2. Modes of TEM (bright field, dark field, HAADF, STEM)

  1. Electron diffraction in TEM

  1. Scattering of electrons in crystalline material (Braggs law, zone axis, order of diffraction etc.)

Week 5:

  1. Electron diffraction in TEM

  1. Concept of reciprocal lattice, Ewald sphere, diffraction from finite crystal 

  2. Diffraction pattern (Single crystal vs. polycrystalline diffraction, selected area diffraction etc.), 

  3. Indexing of diffraction pattern (camera constant, structure

  4. Application of electron diffraction (DF imaging, dislocation contrast, phase identification etc.)

Week 6: 

  1. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

  1. Working principle in scanning mode

  2. Signal generation: Inelastic scattering (Secondary vs. backscattered electron, Auger electrons, characteristic X-ray emission etc.)

Week 7:

  1. Basic components of SEM

  1. Detectors: SE (E-T detector), BSE (scintillator vs. solid state), in-lense detector 

  2. Optics of SEM (magnification, pixel, resolution, depth of field)

  3. Resolution in SEM (minimum probe size, beam current etc.)

Week 8: 

  1. Chemical analysis in SEM 

  1. EDS and WDS detectors

  1. Imaging and contrast generation in SEM

  1. Topographic imaging (in SE & BSE mode)

  2. Compositional imaging (BSE mode)

Week 9:

  1. X-ray production

  1. Electromagnetic radiation, continuous spectrum, characteristic spectrum

  1. X-ray absorption (adsorption edge, excitation voltage, Auger effect etc.), X-ray filters

Week 10: 

  1. ntensities of diffracted beams

  1. Scattering by single electron (Thomson and Crompton scattering)

  2. Scattering by single atom: atomic scattering factor

Week 11: 

  1. Intensities of diffracted beams

  1. Scattering from unit cell: structure factor calculation for various crystal systems 

  2. Multiplicity factor and temperature factor

Week 12: 

  1. X-ray diffraction profile and analysis

  1. FWHM and line broadening

  2. Crystallite size effect and Scherrer formula

  3. Effect of strain (tensile vs compressive, uniform vs. non-uniform)

  4. Amorphous vs. crystalline materials

Books and references

  1. Electron microscopy and Analysis: P. J. Goodhew, J. Humphreys, R. Beanland, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis 2001. 
  2. Light and Video Microscopy: Randy Wayne, Elsevier 2009 
  3. Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis: Joseph I. Goldstein, Dale E. Newbury, Joseph R. Michael, Nicholas W.M. Ritchie, John Henry J. Scott, David C. Joy, 4th Edition, Springer 2017 
  4. Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science: David B. Williams, C. Barry Carter, Springer 2008 
  5. Elements of X-ray diffraction: B.D. Cullity, Pearson Education 2014

Instructor bio

Prof. Shibayan Roy

IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Shibayan Roy is currently an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science Center of Indian Institute of Technology IIT-Kharagpur in India. He has joined the institute from November 2015 and continuing till date. Previously, Dr. Roy was a post-doctoral research associate at Materials Science and Technology Division in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennesse, USA from November, 2013 to October 2015. Forewords, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Institute für Werkstoffwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (IWW), Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany from February 2012 to September, 2013. Dr. Roy has obtained his PhD degree from the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore on November, 2011. Dr. Roy was graduated from Calcutta University with a Bachelor degree (B.Tech) in Ceramic Technology in July 2003. He subsequently completed his Master’s at Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur) between August 2003 to May 2005. He had worked afterwards in National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore as Scientist B from June 2005 to July 2006. Dr. Roy has published several papers in various international journals of scientific repute (including high-impact journals like Acta Materialia, Philosopical Magazine, Materials Science and Engineering A, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials & Design etc.). He has also authored several book chapters and conference papers. His publication spans from the field of ceramic processing to Biomaterials and finally, to processing-microstructure-texture-property correlation in various metals and alloys. He presently serves as a reviewer to various journals from the field of materials science e.g. Materials Science and Engineering A, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, Materials Characterization, Scientific Reports (A Nature series open-access publication) etc.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 03 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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