The Structures of Binary Compounds.

- Up-to-date compilation of the experimental data on the structures of binary compounds by Villars and colleagues. - Coloured structure maps which order the compounds into their respective structural domains and present for the first time the local co-ordination polyhedra for the 150 most frequently...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hafner, J.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Hulliger, F., Jensen, W. B., Majewski, J. A., Mathis, K., Villars, P., Vogl, P., De Boer, F. R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington : Elsevier Science, 1990.
Series:	Cohesion and structure.
Subjects:	Molecular structure. Domain structure. Ionic structure. Molecular Structure Structure moléculaire. Domaines magnétiques. Structure ionique. molecular structure. SCIENCE > Chemistry > Physical & Theoretical. Domain structure Ionic structure Molecular structure Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover; The Structures of Binary Compounds; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Environment classification and structural stability; Abstract; 1. Philosophy of structural stability maps; 2. A simplified classification concept based on coordination number; 3. The generalized structure types; 4. Two-dimensional stability maps; 5. Three-dimensional stability maps; 6. Discussion and concluding remarks; References; Chapter 2. Crystal coordination formulas: A flexible notation for the; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Crystal coordination formulas; 3. Summary and conclusions.
Appendix: Crystal coordination formulas and structure mapsReferences; Chapter 3. Quantum theory of structure: sp-bonded Systems; Abstract; 1. Theoretical challenges in understanding the structures of solids and liquids . .; 2. The reduction of the electron-ion Hamiltonian; 3. Potentials and pseudopotentials; 4. The structures of the elements; 5. Structure and cohesion of binary alloys; 6. Solid solutions; 7. Intermetallic compounds; 8. Liquid alloys; 9. Conclusions and outlook; References; Chapter 4. Quantum theory of structure: tight-binding Systems; Abstract.
1. Survey of crystal structure theories2. Tight-binding theory of structural stability of crystals; 3. Bonding in transition metals; 4. Structural stability of pd-bonded compounds; 5. Structural properties and crystal stability of sp-bonded solids; 6. Conclusions; References; Author index; Subject index.