Crystals and Minerals

Abstract

To understand, qualitatively and semi-quantitatively, crystal and mineral formation, the interdependence between crystals structure, chemical composition and physical properties. This dependence is especially the case for the structural dependence of optical anisotropy and the elastic properties of the minerals as well as for the growth of crystals and their defect structures.

Objective

To understand, qualitatively and semi-quantitatively, crystal and mineral formation, the interdependence between crystals structure, chemical composition and physical properties. This dependence is especially the case for the structural dependence of optical anisotropy and the elastic properties of the minerals as well as for the growth of crystals and their defect structures.

Content

o Symmetrien und Ordnung, Punktgruppen, Translationsgruppen, Raumgruppen. o einfache Strukturtypen, dichte Kugelpackungen, Strukturbestimmende Faktoren o Chemisch Bindungen, Beziehungen zwischen Struktur und Eigenschaften eine Kristalls. o Grundlagen von Thermodynamik und Computersimulationen in der Kristallographie. o Einführung in die Mineralogie und Mineralsystematik. o Praktikum in Mineralbestimmen aufgrund makroskopischer Eigenschaften.

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