Titre :	Basic solid state chemistry
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Anthony R. West
Editeur :	Oxford : Wiley
Année de publication :	1988
Importance :	415 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-471-91798-4
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	EQ -Equipe-
Résumé :	This book "leads off with two chapters which lay the foundations of solid state chemistry. First, the often 'heavy' subject of symmetry and structure types in ordered solids, acquires an unusual freshness in West's approach, through his skilful use of illustrations. There then follows a well planned chapter on bonding in solids, where we are led through the 'basics' by a reassuringly secure hand. Quite rightly, crystallography and diffraction techniques get their own chapter. Here, a timely allusion to high-Tc superconductors brings it home that these exciting new materials also involve basic crystallographic concepts alongside other (for the moment) less spectacular materials. Chapter 4 reviews other important techniques for the identification, and structure/property characterization of solids. The pace is here drawn up almost to the point of simply referring to some of the methods in passing. The author is, however, quick to recommend supporting literature in these cases. Half way through the book, we are steered gently into the real world of defect structures, through a sensitive treatment of basic thermodynamic principles. West makes this transition deceptively simply - a hallmark of his masterly technique which we find throughout the book. There then follows a delightfully succinct chapter on the interpretation of phase diagrams: a judicious choice of examples brings enlightenment to this often dark area for students coming from backgrounds other than basic chemistry courses. The final two chapters focus on structural aspects of the three dominant areas: electrical, magnetic and optical materials. It is again exciting to see high temperature superconductors dealt with in considerable detail. This serves the additional valuable purpose of helping to make the vast amount of literature now being produced in this subject more readily accessible to an ever younger public." J.O. THOMAS, Acta Cryst. (1990), B46, 447
Cote :	LCC/B
Num_Inv :	1394

Basic solid state chemistry [texte imprimé] / Anthony R. West . - Oxford : Wiley, 1988 . - 415 p.
ISBN : 978-0-471-91798-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :	EQ -Equipe-
Résumé :	This book "leads off with two chapters which lay the foundations of solid state chemistry. First, the often 'heavy' subject of symmetry and structure types in ordered solids, acquires an unusual freshness in West's approach, through his skilful use of illustrations. There then follows a well planned chapter on bonding in solids, where we are led through the 'basics' by a reassuringly secure hand. Quite rightly, crystallography and diffraction techniques get their own chapter. Here, a timely allusion to high-Tc superconductors brings it home that these exciting new materials also involve basic crystallographic concepts alongside other (for the moment) less spectacular materials. Chapter 4 reviews other important techniques for the identification, and structure/property characterization of solids. The pace is here drawn up almost to the point of simply referring to some of the methods in passing. The author is, however, quick to recommend supporting literature in these cases. Half way through the book, we are steered gently into the real world of defect structures, through a sensitive treatment of basic thermodynamic principles. West makes this transition deceptively simply - a hallmark of his masterly technique which we find throughout the book. There then follows a delightfully succinct chapter on the interpretation of phase diagrams: a judicious choice of examples brings enlightenment to this often dark area for students coming from backgrounds other than basic chemistry courses. The final two chapters focus on structural aspects of the three dominant areas: electrical, magnetic and optical materials. It is again exciting to see high temperature superconductors dealt with in considerable detail. This serves the additional valuable purpose of helping to make the vast amount of literature now being produced in this subject more readily accessible to an ever younger public." J.O. THOMAS, Acta Cryst. (1990), B46, 447
Cote :	LCC/B
Num_Inv :	1394