Inorganic Structural Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry: A Textbook Series
2. Edition October 2006
280 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
This revised and updated Second Edition looks at new developments and research results within structural inorganic chemistry in a number of ways. Special attention is paid to crystalline solids and elucidation and description of the spatial order of atoms within a chemical compound. Structural principles of inorganic molecules and solids are described through traditional concepts and modern bond-theoretical theories, as well as taking symmetry as a leading principle.
Inorganic Structural Chemistry describes the structural principles of inorganic molecules and solids using traditional concepts as well as modern approaches. It includes the systematic ordering of the recognized structure types, relationships amongst them, and the link between structure and properties.
Contents include:
* how to describe chemical structures
* symmetry
* phase transitions and phase diagrams
* the interplay of chemical bonding-energy-structure
* factors governing the structure of ionic compounds, molecules and metals
* chemical bonding in solids - band theory
* structure of the elements
* structural principles of polyanionic, polycationic and cluster compounds
* sphere packings in metals and compounds
* solid state structures seen as arrays of linked polyhedra and as sphere packings with occupied interstices
* symmetry as an ordering principle of crystal structures
* physical properties of solids
* nanostructures
In this second edition of this popular textbook, the text has been revised and new scientific findings have been taken into consideration. For example, many recently discovered modifications of the elements have been included, most of which occur at high pressures. Particular attention is given to the treatment of symmetry throughout the book. New sections deal with quasicrystals and other not strictly crystalline solids, with phase transitions and with the electron localization function. There is a new chapter on nanostructures.
Inorganic Chemistry: A Wiley Textbook Series
This series reflects the pivotal role of modern inorganic and physical chemistry in a whole range of emerging areas, such as materials chemistry, green chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry, as well as providing a solid grounding in established areas such as solid state chemistry, coordination chemistry, main group chemistry and physical inorganic chemistry.
1 Introduction.
2 Description of Chemical Structures.
3 Symmetry.
4 Polymorphism and Phase Transitions.
5 Chemical Bonding and Lattice Energy.
6 The Effective Size of Atoms.
7 Ionic Compounds.
8 Molecular Structures I: Compounds of Main Group Elements.
9 Molecular Structures II: Compounds of Transition Metals.
10 Molecular Orbital Theory and Chemical Bonding in Solids.
11 The Element Structures of the Nonmetals.
12 Diamond-like Structures.
13 Polyanionic and Polycationic Compounds. Zintl Phases.
14 Packings of Spheres. Metal Structures.
15 The Sphere-packing Principle for Compounds.
16 Linked Polyhedra.
17 Packings of Spheres with Occupied Interstices.
18 Symmetry as the Organizing Principle for Crystal Structures.
19 Physical Properties of Solids.
20 Nanostructures.
21 Pitfalls and Linguistic Aberrations.
References.
Answers to the Problems.
Index.
"...quite useful for...advanced undergraduate and graduate chemistry students." (CHOICE, July 2007)
" ... very useful reading for graduate student coursework ... recommend the work ... with its compact yet broad coverage review of the subject." (Applied Organometallic Chemistry, December 2006)
