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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
X RAY SPECTROCOPY	Third cycle	EAK 610		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	no
Language of instruction	turkish
Coordinator	PROF. DR. MUSTAFA SOYLAK
Lecturer(s)	PROF. DR. MUSTAFA SOYLAK
Teaching assitant(s)	PROF. DR. MUSTAFA SOYLAK
Mode of delivery	FACE TO FACE
Course objective	The main objective of this course is to establish a solid knowledge and thought infrastructure for the fundamental principles that are important in terms of X-ray spectroscopy. The second objective is to gain the ability to question and determine the accuracy and precision of experimental data, a difficult task.
Course description	To give the basic concepts of X-ray spectroscopy, to give information about X-ray absorption, X-ray emission, X-ray fluorescence techniques, working principles of the devices used and what samples can be applied

Course contents

1	Introduction to X-rays X-rays Emission Continuous Spectrum
2	Characteristic Line Spectrum Radioactive Sources
3	X-ray Absorption
4	Fluorescence of X-rays
5	X-rays Diffraction
6	Instrumental Components: - X-rays tubular
7	midterm exam
8	Radioactive Sources - Secondary Fluorescent Sources
9	Filters for X-rays
10	Wavelength Dispersion with Monochromators
11	X-ray Detectors and Signal Processors I
12	X-ray Detectors and Signal Processors II
13	X-rays Fluorescence Methods I
14	X-ray Fluorescence Methods II
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Students are expected to have a deep knowledge of the following topics: 1) Unit cell concept and crystallography
2	Theory of diffraction and its applications
3	Electron microscopy theories and analytical techniques
4	Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) method and applications
5	Wavelength Separated X-Ray Fluorescence (WDXRF) method and applications
6	X-ray absorption method and applications
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	7	7	49
Presentation / seminar	1	1	1
Quiz	1	3	3
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	0	0	0
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	4	6	24
Final exam	1	3	3
Research	5	7	35
Total work load			199
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	4	15
Semester total		55
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	D.A. Skoog and J.J. Leary, Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Saunders College Publishing, 4th Edition, New York, 1992.
Additional references	D.C. Harris, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 7th Ed., W.H. Freeman and Co., New York, NY, 2007. G.W. Ewing, Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 1985. G.D. Christian and J.E. O''''Reilley, Instrumental Analysis, 2nd edition, Allyn and Bacon, Boston 1986. J.D. Ingle and S.R. Crouch, Spectrochemical Methods of Analysis, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey 1988.

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