From CINTECX we have launched a new training course on the basic concepts of X-ray diffraction.

The training will be held in the CINTECX Auditorium on the following dates:

• Monday 26/05/2025, from 15:30 to 18:30
• Tuesday 27/05/2025, from 15:30 to 18:30

The course will be taught by Dr. Bruno Dacuña Mariño, Senior Research Support Technician of the X-Ray Unit / Crystalline Powder Section, Network of Infrastructures for Research and Technological Development Support (RIAIDT), University of Santiago de Compostela, and will consist of the following sections:

• Geometric description (position of diffracted X-rays)
• Thomas Young’s experiment: 1801; why X-rays?
• Laue and Bragg equations; Ewald construction: reciprocal space
• Data collection (polycrystals and single crystals)
• Definition of crystal; Unit cell; Indexation
• Symmetry; Point and space groups; International tables
• Diffraction experiments (intensity of diffracted X-rays)
• X-rays interact with matter
• Obtaining X-rays
• X-rays with electrons and atoms
• X-rays with crystals: structure factor
• Phase problem: Fourier series
• Properties of the structure factor
• Examples:
  • Identification of minerals
  • Crystallinity
  • Microstructure and microcrystallinity analysis
  • High-resolution diffraction
  • Solid solutions
  • Liquid crystals

To be able to attend the course, it is essential to register at the following link before the 20th:

https://forms.office.com/e/c3x2nYxUga