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Dr. Islah-u-din
Prepared for: BS VIII
Department of Physics
Government College University, Lahore
MATERIALS SCIENCE: SEYNTHESIS AND
CHARACTERIZATION
LAB REPORT: EXPERIMENT NAME HERE
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DATE:
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1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Equipment
4. Experimental Procedure
5. Examples
6. References
Brief history and background of the
technique
General method of approach
Expected outcomes
Do not make subheadings to this section
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Underlying physical principles
What is the physics behind this technique?
Understand the equations/derivations before
writing etc.
Details of the equipment
Use a nice photograph
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Write the appropriate experimental
procedure
Give examples
Results and discussion
For example; in XRD
Discuss effects of temperature on XRD patterns
Or effects of doping on XRD patterns
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1. By Author & date: One method is to place the last name(s) of
the author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses,
immediately following the referenced thought. As an example,
one might write,
"A phosphorylated histidine residue has been proposed as an
important component in the mechanism of action of
succinylcoenzyme A synthetase (Bridger, Millen and Boyer, 1968)."
If this method is used, the list of references at the end of the
paper must be in alphabetical order, according to the last name
of the first author.
2. By Number: In the second method a citation may be
designated by a number in parentheses.In this case, one would
write:
" However, in 1986, Bednorz and Muller made an important
breakthrough by discovering superconductivity in layered copper
oxide system (Ba
x
La
5-x
Cu
5
O
5-y
) at 35 K, which won them a Noble
prize in 1987 [1].
(6)."
2. By Number: In the second method a
citation may be designated by a number in
square-brackets. In this case, one would
write:
" However, in 1986, Bednorz and Muller made
an important breakthrough by discovering
superconductivity in layered copper oxide
system (Ba
x
La
5-x
Cu
5
O
5-y
) at 35 K, which won
them a Noble prize in 1987 [1]"
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For a Journal Paper: A reference to a journal
should include, in the order given:
1. - Name(s) of author(s), (last name, first initial).
2. - Name of journal (use standard abbreviations,
italics).
3. - Year of publication, in bold
4.- Volume number.
5. - Page on which article begins (or where it
begins and ends)
[1] Bednorz, J. G.; Muller, K. A. Z. Phys. B. Con.
Mat. 1986, 64, 189
For a book: A reference to a book should include, in the order given:
1. - Name(s) of author(s), as above.
2. - Title of book, in italics.
3. - Edition, if more than one have been published.
4. - Name of publisher
5. - City of publication
6. - Year of publication
7. - Volume number (if necessary)
8. - Page(s) on which the point cited is found.
For example:
[1] Lipson, H. The study of metals and alloys by X-ray powder
diffraction methods; University College Cardiff Press, Cardiff,
1984, p. 15.
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For a conference paper
Name(s) of author(s), (last name, first initial).
2. - Name of conference (in italics).
3.- Location of the conference
3. - Year of conference, in bold
4.- Volume number (if given).
5. - Page on which article begins (or where it begins
and ends)
For example
Asghar, M; Hussain, I; Islah-u-din and Saleemi; F,
International Conference for Solid State Science and
Technology, North Carolina, USA., 2006
For web
Use the website address
Do not give references from wikipedia
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Headings font size 14; bold
Subheadings font size 12; bold
Text font size 12
Keep all text, headings justified
Do not use different colors in text.
Persist with black
Files must be named as First name_Lab
name
If you are submitting a corrected version
label it as First name_lab
name_Corrected_1
Figures must have a caption
Figure 1. Powder X-ray diffracograms of ZnO nanocrystals
before and after Mn doping
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Scientific writing is the most important thing
if you wish to pursue a career in academia
Stick with the rules
Just work hard
