Description
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1964, as the second edition of a 1939 original, this well-known textbook presents the fundamental principles of crystal chemistry at a level that was suitable for undergraduate students of chemistry, physics, metallurgy, mineralogy and related subjects at the time of its publication.
Table of ContentsSome important figures and tables; Preface; Part I. General Principles of Crystal Architecture: 1. Introduction; 2. Interatomic binding forces and atomic structure; 3. The ionic bond and some ionic structures; 4 The covalent bond and some covalent structures; 5. The metallic bond and the structures of some metallic elements; 6. The van der Waals bond; Part II. Systematic Crystal Chemistry: 7. The elements; 8. The structures of some simple compounds; 9. Some structural principles; 10. Structures containing complex ions I; 11. Structures containing complex ions II; 12. The structures of some compounds containing hydrogen; 13. Alloy systems; 14. Organic structures; Appendices; Index.
