Crystallography
by Dieter Schwarzenbach

Crystallography is a concise, comprehensive and practical source of information, providing a thorough understanding of the information contained in crystallographic data files and the application of x-ray diffraction methods.

Contents

1. Geometrical Crystallography
   Analytical Geometry with Oblique Bases
   Polyhedral Crystal Shapes
   Periodic Space Tiling and Crystal Structures
   What is a Crystal?

2. Symmetry
   Symmetry Operations
   Symmetry Elements
   Symmetry and the Lattice Metric
   Crystal Classes and Systems
   Classification of Lattices
   Symmetry of Periodic Structures
   Crystal Structures
   Miller-Bravais Indices for Hexagonal Coordinate Systems

3. Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals
   Scattering of X-Rays by an Electron
   Scattering of X-Rays by Matter
   Diffraction by a Periodic Structure
   Experimental Diffraction Methods
   Physics of X-Rays
   Intensities of Diffracted Beams
   Space Group Determination
   Comments on the Solution of the Phase Problem

4. Tensor Properties of Crystals
   Anisotropy and Symmetry
   Tensors
   Stresses and Strains
   Examples of Tensor Properties
   Crystal Optics
   
5. Exercises
   
   Exercises Relating to Chapter 1
   Exercises Relating to Chapter 2
   Exercises Relating to Chapter 3
   Exercises Relating to Chapter 4

Appendices
Index

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