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The chemical bond in inorganic chemistry: the bond valence model

By I. David Brown

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
9780198508700, 0198508700
Open Library ID
OL7400152M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1827825 bytes)
Series
International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography
Edition
OUP
Pages
289\289
Topic
Chemistry
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This book describes the bond valence model, a description of acid-base bonding which is becoming increasingly popular particularly in fields such as materials science and mineralogy where solid state inorganic chemistry is important. Recent improvements in crystal structure determination have allowed the model to become more quantitative. Unlike other models of inorganic chemical bonding, the bond valence model is simple, intuitive, and predictive, and can be used for analysing crystal structures and the conceptual modelling of local as well as extended structures. This is the first book to explore the theoretical basis of the model and to show how it can be applied to synthetic and solution chemistry. It emphasizes the separate roles of the constraints of chemistry and of three-dimensional space by analysing the chemistry of solids. Many applications of the model in physics, materials science, chemistry, mineralogy, soil science, surface science, and molecular biology are reviewed. The final chapter describes how the bond valence model relates to and represents a simplification of other models of inorganic chemical bonding.

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