Venkata G. Microstructural Characterisation Techniques 2022

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This textbook is aimed at graduate and upper undergraduate students studying materials science and metallurgy. It comprehensively covers the topic of microstructural characterization and includes an emphasis on Fourier analysis and Fourier transformation, electron diffraction, electromagnetic waves and electron waves, lens parameters, transmission electron microscopy, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The author has included pedagogical features such as end-of-chapter exercises and worked examples with varying degrees of difficulty to augment learning and self-testing. This book will be a useful guide for upper undergraduate and graduate students along with researchers and professionals working in the field of microstructural characterization.
Introduction
Electromagnetic Waves and Electron Waves
Fourier Analysis and Fourier Transformation
Transmission Electron Microscope
Electron Diffraction
Optical Microscopy
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Lensless Electron Microscopy
Appendix A. Stereographic Projection
Appendix B. Basic Crystallography
Appendix C. Cosine Formulae
Optical Microscopes