| 1 | Definitions of ceramics, elementary crystallography, ceramic micro structures, general characteristics of ceramics. | [1] 1-10 |
| 2 | Introduction, fundamental concepts, and electrons in atom. | [2] 19-23 |
| 3 | Atomic model, Bohr atom model, quantum numbers | [2] 23-30 |
| 4 | Introduction, bonding forces and energies, primary atomic bonds | [1] 25-34 |
| 5 | Lattice energy calculations | [2] 28-30 |
| 6 | Ionically bonding solids, covalent bonding, covalently bonding solids | [2] 30-33 |
| 7 | Metallic bonding, Band theory of solids | [1] 38-40, [2] 33-34 |
| 8 | Introduction, fundamental concepts, unit cells, metallic crystal structures | [1] 4-7 |
| 9 | Face-centered cubic structure, body-centered cubic structure, and hexagonal close-packed crystal structures | [2] 46-50 |
| 10 | Density computations | [2] 51-54 |
| 11 | Crystal systems, point coordinates | [2] 55-59 |
| 12 | Hexagonal crystals, crystallographic planes | [2] 60-65 |
| 13 | Determination of crystal structures, Braggs law | [2] 74-77 |
| 14 | Point defects, linear defects, planar defects | [1] 91-100 |