MATSE / GEOSC 512 - Principles of Crystal Chemistry
Reference Materials:
A variety of materials are on reserve in Deike library
Heavily used texts will include:
- A. R. West, Basic Solid State Chemistry
- Wyckoff, Crystal Structures (In reference section)
- R. E. Newnham, Structure-Property Relations
- F. D. Bloss, Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
- W. D. White, MATSC 512/GEOSC 512 Course Notes
Outline:
Definition of Crystal Chemistry
Elements of Crystallography
Symmetry
Space Groups and Point Groups
Coordination
Bonding
Classical Approaches
Ionic and Atomic Radii
Crystal Field Theory
Molecular Orbital Theory
Band Theory
Solid Solutions and Alloys
Defects
Structure Prediction
Pauling’s Rules
Bond Valence Sums
8 – N Rule
Metal Structure Prediction
Structure Field Maps
Pressure-Temperature Variations
Important Structure Types
Binary Compounds
Ternary Compounds
Quaternary and Higher
Structure-Property Relations
Neumann’s Law
Thermal Properties
Electrical Conductivity
Dielectric Properties
Optical Properties
Magnetism
Mechanical Properties