Contents
a) crystal structure and crystal chemistry: introduction to space groups and description of crystal structures. Chemical bonding in solids. Some selected silicate structures. Systematic crystal chemistry. Crystal defects. Mechanical properties of crystals, elastic deformation, permanent deformation. viscoelasticity, plastic and brittle solids, yield stress, work hardening, creep, recrystallization, grain growth.
b) phase diagrams and phase transformations: phase equilibria, phase diagrams, nucleation mechanisms; crystallization kinetics; liquid-solid and solid-solid phase transformations.
4L+3P/week, fall term.
Text-books
Putnis A.: Introduction to Mineral Sciences. Cambridge University Press. 1992. Ehlers, E.G. The interpretation of geological phase diagrams (Freemann, 1986).
Evaluation
1 written examination (13-scale).
ECTS-credits
15
Semester
Fall