DoITPoMS - TLP Library

TLP Library

Teaching and learning packages (TLPs) are self-contained, interactive resources, each focusing on one area of Materials Science.

Crystallographic Texture

This teaching and learning package (TLP) introduces the concept of texture in crystalline materials such as common metals and metallic alloys.

Tags: alloys atomic-scale structure crystallography diffraction metals

$Diffraction and Imaging$ Diffraction and Imaging

A brief summary of diffraction and imaging using an optical system.

Tags: diffraction experiment microscopy

$Indexing Electron Diffraction Patterns$ Indexing Electron Diffraction Patterns

An introduction to the indexing of diffraction patterns.

Tags: diffraction microscopy

Reciprocal Space

This TLP shows the construction of reciprocal lattices from real ones, use of the Ewald sphere for diffraction experiments and some other applications of reciprocal space.

Tags: atomic-scale structure diffraction

The Stereographic Projection

This TLP covers the use of the Stereographic projection and Wulff nets.

Tags: atomic-scale structure crystallography diffraction fundamentals

$X-ray Diffraction Techniques$ X-ray Diffraction Techniques

This teaching & learning package provides an introduction to X-ray diffraction. It describes the main crystallographic information that can be obtained and experimental methods most commonly used.

Tags: atomic-scale structure crystallography diffraction experiment