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Introductory Materials
Course Syllabus {pdf}
Course Outline/Schedule {pdf}

Lectures and Handouts
Lecture #1 (1/23) {pdf}
Crystal Classes {pdf}
Stereographic Projections of Point Groups {pdf}
International Tables: Crystallographic Point Groups {pdf}
Lecture #2 (1/28) {pdf}
Lecture #3 (1/30) {pdf}
Lecture #4 (2/4) {pdf}
Non-Orthogonal Vector Spaces {pdf}
Lecture #5 (2/6) {pdf}
Lecture #6 (2/11) {pdf}
Lecture #7 (2/13) {pdf}
Lecture #8 (2/25) {pdf}
Lecture #9 (2/27) {pdf}
Lecture #10 (3/4) {pdf}
Lecture #11 (3/6) {pdf}
Tompa: Absorption Correction by Geometrical Analysis {pdf}
Lecture #12 (3/11) {pdf}
Lecture #13 (3/13) {pdf}
Lecture #14 (3/18) {pdf}
Lecture #15 (3/20) {pdf}
Karle-Hauptman Determinants{pdf}
Lecture #16 (4/1) {pdf}
Least-Squares Refinement {pdf}
Lecture #17 (4/8) {pdf}
Lecture #18 (4/10) {pdf}
Bruenger: Free R Factor {pdf}
Churchill: H-Atom Bond Lengths {pdf}
Flack: Enantiomorph {pdf}
Lecture #19 (4/24) {pdf}
Pathological Structures 1 {zip}
Lecture #20 (5/1) {pdf}
Shilov Fe Structure {pdf}
Girolami Fe Structure {pdf}
Hill Papers & Retraction {zip}

Guest Lectures:
Simon Teat - Synchrotrons and Small-Molecule Crystallography (@ALS) 1 {pdf}
Simon Teat - Synchrotrons and Small-Molecule Crystallography (@ALS) 2 {pdf}
Shuh - EXAFS (@ ALS) {pdf}

Other Reference Materials
International Tables of Crystallography (must connect from campus) {link}

Problem Sets and Midterms (see course schedule for due dates)
Problem Set 1 {pdf}
Problem Set 1 Key {pdf}
Problem Set 2 {pdf}
Problem Set 2 Key {pdf}
Problem Set 3 {pdf}
Problem Set 3 Key {pdf}
Midterm 1 Key {pdf} (Mean: 80.4 StDev: 15.8)
Problem Set 4 {pdf}
Problem Set 4 Key {pdf}
Problem Set 5 {pdf}
Problem Set 5 Key {pdf}
Problem Set 6 {pdf}
Problem Set 6 Key {pdf}
Problem Set 7 {pdf}
Problem Set 7 Key {pdf}
Midterm 2 Key {pdf} (Mean: 79.3 StDev: 9.4)
Problem Set 8 {pdf}
Problem Set 8 Key {pdf}
Error Propagation (NIST) Reference for PS8 {pdf}
Problem Set 9 {pdf}
Problem Set 9 Key {pdf}
Midterm 3 Key {pdf} (Mean: 78.5 StDev: 7.7)

Lab Materials
Lab Groups and Rotation {pdf}
(consult the document above for the order in which you will complete the labs below)
Lab #1 - Computer Simulations {pdf}
Lab #2 - Diffraction {pdf}
Lab #3 - Plane Groups {pdf}
Lab #4 - Point Groups {pdf}
WinGX Structure Solution Problems {link}
Instrument Time Sign-Up (register here before emailing Antonio or Kurt about data collection) {link}
Finishing Crystal Structures {pdf}

Software
X-RayView Diffraction Simulation Software {link}
Required .xray files {1} {2} {3}