Crystalline solids
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Vol 2
Chemistry and Physics of Crystalline Solids
by D. McKie and Christine McKie
Published 2 September 1987
This is second volume in the "Crystalline Solids" series. The first volume, "Essentials of Crystallography" was published by BSP in 1986. The objective of this new volume is to explain, in some considerable depth, the structural control of chemical and physical properties. The text is concerned throughout with those aspects of solid-state chemistry and physics which are especially relevant to crystalline solids. It deals not only with the characteristics of single phases but also with the thermodynamic and kinetic control of solid-state transformation. Particular attention is given to the role of optics in the study of transparent anisotropic materials and to the structural control of some of the directional properties which are of critical significance in contemporary technology.
The following areas are covered within the text: descriptive crystal chemistry; cohesive forces in crystals; structure and bonding in some simple compounds; introduction to thermodynamics; phase equilibrium - the interpretation of phase diagrams; structure and bonding in some complex compounds; tensor properties and crystals - second-rank tensor properties; third-rank and fourth-rank tensor properties and crystals; electrical and magnetic properties; mechanical properties; crystal optics; polarized light microscopy; and solid-state processes.
The following areas are covered within the text: descriptive crystal chemistry; cohesive forces in crystals; structure and bonding in some simple compounds; introduction to thermodynamics; phase equilibrium - the interpretation of phase diagrams; structure and bonding in some complex compounds; tensor properties and crystals - second-rank tensor properties; third-rank and fourth-rank tensor properties and crystals; electrical and magnetic properties; mechanical properties; crystal optics; polarized light microscopy; and solid-state processes.
Vol 1
This volume aims to explain the basic concepts of crystallography and to discuss the principal modes of study of crystalline solids and the diffraction of X-rays, electrons and neutrons. Some depth of understanding of crystallography and some knowledge of the methods employed in the study of crystalline solids are central to the contemporary study of many of the active areas in chemistry, the earth sciences, materials science and physics, and this book will therefore be of interest to students and researchers in those fields where crystallography applies. A notable feature of the book is the inclusion of problems at the end of each chapter. It is the first volume in the series "Crystalline Solids".