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December 5, 2022
Duration:
Unlimited Duration
FREE
This course includes:
Unlimited Duration
Badge on Completion
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Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to crystalline structure, crystal chemistry, and bonding in rock-forming minerals
It introduces the theory relating crystal structure and crystal symmetry to physical properties such as refractive index, elastic modulus, and seismic velocity. It surveys the distribution of silicate, oxide, and metallic minerals in the interiors and on the surfaces of planets, and discusses the processes that led to their formation. It also addresses why diamonds are hard and why micas split into thin sheets
Course Curriculum
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- 2-D Symmetry Operations Unlimited
- Point Groups and Space Groups Unlimited
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- Coordination Number and Polyhedra Unlimited
- Bonding Models – Ionic – Electrostatics Unlimited
- Crystal Lattices – Reciprocal Lattices Unlimited
- X-ray Generation, Diffraction, Bragg’s Law Unlimited
- Tensor Properties Unlimited
- Representation Quadrics Unlimited
- Stress and Strain Unlimited
- Stiffness and Compliance Unlimited
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology