Crystallographic CourseWare

by Margaret Kastner, Timathy Medlock and Kristy Brown

(a revision of that of Margaret Kastner, et.al.)

Point Group Symmetry: Elements

Sands' pages
13-26

Point Group Symmetry: Staggered and Eclipsed Ethane

Point Group Nomenclature

Sands' pages 26-44
plus an alternative TBA

Point Group Exercises: Idenification and Counting Symmetry Elements
CHEM201 (Introductory, fewer molecules, fewer symmetry elements)
CHEM222 (All symmetry elements)
 
Explore Plane Groups:
Dr. Steffen Weber's program JWallpaper
Schoeni, Hardaker and Chapuis' program Web Sketch
 

Unit Cells and Asymmetric Units

Sands' pages 1-9, 10-11, 50-52, 55-63
Plane Group Symmetry Elements  
Plane Group Exercises: Identification of Symmetry, Unit Cells and Asymmetric Units  
Space Group Symmetry Elements Sands' pages 69 - 83
More Symmetry ... go to Moogle quiz 7/10/2010 red/green
Space Group Exercises  
Reciprocal Space Sands' pages 63-68, 92 -94
Precession Photographs: Reciprocal Space to Space Group ... go to Moodle Sands' pages 85-89, 99
Cambridge Structural Database, CSD login How to map the drive to your results
Scattering Factors Sands' pages 104-106
Thermal Parameters Sands' page 106
2D Patterson Maps modified from those of George Hardgrove Sands' pages 100-104, 113-119, 127-128

SHELXtl making ins files, using SHELX

SHELXtl XP examples

 
Crystal Growth Techniques  

 

 

 

Quiz 1.