Table of Contents

1. Properties of X-rays.


2. Geometry of Crystals.


3. Diffraction I: Directions of Diffracted Beams.


4. Diffraction II: Intensities of Diffracted Beams.


5. Diffraction III: Non-Ideal Samples.


6. Laure Photographs.


7. Powder Photographs.


8. Diffractometer and Spectrometer.


9. Orientation and Quality of Single Crystals.


10. Structure of Polycrystalline Aggregates.


11. Determination of Crystal Structure.


12. Precise Parameter Measurements.


13. Phase-Diagram Determination.


14. Order-Disorder Transformation.


15. Chemical Analysis of X-ray Diffraction.


16. Chemical Analysis by X-ray Spectrometry.


17. Measurements of Residual Stress.


18. Polymers.


19. Small Angle Scatters.


20. Transmission Electron Microscope.