Physical methods for materials characterisation Interaction of radiation with materials Diffraction Photo electromagnetic sources Electron sources Atom ion sources Data acquisition processing and interpretation This completely revised and expanded new edition covers the full range of techniques now available for the investigation of materials structure and accurate quantitative determination of microstructural features within materials. It continues to provide the best introductory resource for understanding the interrelationship between microstructure and physical mechanical and chemical properties as well as selection and application of techniques for both basic and applied studies. In particular changes have been made to reflect developments in analysis of nanoscale and biological materials