After successful completion of the course, students are able to apply and choose diffractionn methods; sample selection and preparation; independent self-organized experimental work; calculation and interpretation of results; proposing experiments; planning of preliminary (complementary) testing.

Basics of diffraction techniques on polycrystalline materials; microstructure and texture of heterogeneous materials; definition and qualification of residual stresses and their origins; texture in polycrystalline materials and its properties

X-ray diffraction in the lab; function principles; applicability and physical boundaries; residual stress calculation by sin2psi method; error determination; texture analysis

Alternative beam techniques; neutron radiation; synchrotron radiation; sources; detectors; sample environment; diffraction setup; analysis and calculation methods

Diffraction experiments in the X-ray

Analysis of results

Writing of experimental proposals

Oral exam