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Author:   Burdett
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780195089929

ISBN 10:   0195089928
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 March 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Molecules 1.1: The H2 Molecule: Molecular Orbitial Approach 1.2: The H2 Molecule: Localized Approach 1.3: Energy Levels of HHe 1.4: Energy Levels of Linear Conjugated Molecules 1.5: Energy Levels of Cyclic Polyenes 1.6: Energy Differences and Moments 1.7: The Jahn-Teller Effects 2: From Molecules to Solids 2.1: The Solid as a Giant Molecule 2.2: Some Properties of Solids from the Band Picture 2.3: Two Atom Cells 2.4: The Peierls Distortion 2.5: Other One-Dimensional Systems 2.6: Second Order Peierls Distortions 3: More Details Concerning Energy Bands 3.1: The Brillouin Zone 3.2: The Fermi Surface 3.3: Symmetry Considerations 4: The Electronic Structure of Solids 4.1: Oxides with the NaCl, TiO2 and MoO2 Structures 4.2: The Diamond and Zincblende Structures 4.3: 'Localization' of 'Delocalized' Orbitals in Solids 4.4: The Structure of NbO 4.5: Chemical Bonding in Ionic Compounds 4.6: The Transition Metals 4.7: The Free-Electron Model 4.8: Compounds between Transition Metals and Main Group Elements 4.9: The Nickel Arsenide and Related Structures 4.10: Molecular Metals 4.11: Division into Electronic Types 5: Metals and Insulators 5.1: The Importance of Structure and Composition 5.2: The Structures of Calcium and Zinc 5.3: Geometrical Instabilities 5.4: Importance of Electron-Electron Interactions 5.5: Transition Metal and Rare Earth Oxides 5.6: Effect of Doping 5.7: Superconductivity in the C60 Series 5.8: High-Temperature Superconductors 6: The Structures of Solids and Pauling's Rules 6.1: General Description of Ion Packings 6.2: The First Rule 6.3: The Second Rule 6.4: The Third Rule 6.5: The Fifth Rule 6.6: The Description of Solids in Terms of Pair Potentials 6.7: More About the Orbital Description of Silicates 7: The Structures of Some Covalent Solids 7.1: Electron Counting 7.2: Change of Structure with Electron Count 7.3: Structures of Soem AX2 Solids 7.4: Structures Derived from Simple Cubic or Rocksalt 7.5: The Stability of the Rocksalt and Zincblende Structures 7.6: The Structures of the Spinels 7.7: Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure: Jahn-Teller Considerations 7.8: Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure: Trigonal Prismatic Coordination 7.9: Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure: t2g Block Instabilities 7.10: The Rutile Versus Cadmium Halide Versus Pyrite Structures 7.11: Second Order Structural Changes 8: More About Structures 8.1: The Structures of the Elements 8.2: The Structures of Some Main Group Intermetallic Compounds 8.3: The Hume-Rothery Rules 8.4: Pseudopotential Theory 8.5: The Structures of the First Row Elements 8.6: The Coloring Problem 8.7: Structural Stability and Band Gap

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I found the critical re-inspection of familiar concepts such as ionic radii and close packing of spheres most interesting. The author does away with Pauling's rules and the classification of bond types as introduced by Van Arkel and Ketelaar. --Wolfgang Sachtler, Northwestern University

I found the critical re-inspection of familiar concepts such as ionic radii and close packing of spheres most interesting. The author does away with Pauling's rules and the classification of bond types as introduced by Van Arkel and Ketelaar. --Wolfgang Sachtler, Northwestern University<br>

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