Modern Perspectives in Inorganic Crystal Chemistry - Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Modern Perspectives in Inorganic Crystal Chemistry and the 19th International School of Crystallography, Erice, Sicily, Italy, May29-June 7, 1992 (Hardcover)

This book contains the contributions of 13 well known specialists in the field of solid state chemistry who had been invited as lecturers at a 1992 NATO Advanced Study Institute in Erice, Sicily. The chapters of a more general character concern the use of the space group - subgroup relationships for the recognition of structure families, the crystal chemical formulae (which is a way of denoting simple crystal chemical information in a condensed form), the concepts of atom co-ordination, atom volume and charge transfer and the physicist's view of the bond strength in the solid which is measured by the crystal orbital overlap population. It is demonstrated for the case of ionic compounds that the bond valence method is superior to the old sum-of-radii method for the prediction of interatomic distances. Simple valence electron rules can be applied fto compounds with tetrahedral anion complexes. These rules allow one not only to make predictions on expected structural features of unknown compounds, but also to point out inconsistencies between the reported structure and composition of known compounds. Detailed accounts are presented on the crystal chemistry of the superconducting copper oxides, the sulfosalts, the metal cluster compounds, the silicates and the transition metal borides and related compounds. In the case of intermetalic compounds the intergrowth concept is found to be very useful for an "understanding" of complicated atom arrangements. At the end of each chapter there can be found problems and their solutions. This makes it possible for (advanced) undergraduates in chemistry, physics, metallurgy, materials science and mineralogy to be able to profit from a study of this book.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NATO Science Series C, 382
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	September 1992
Editors:	Erwin Parthe
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-1954-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Crystallography Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry > General
LSN:	0-7923-1954-0
Barcode:	9780792319542

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