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The last quarter-century has been marked by the extremely rapid growth of the solid-state sciences. They include what is now the largest subfield of physics, and the materials engineering sciences have likewise flourished. And, playing an active role throughout this vast area of science and engineer ing have been very large numbers of chemists. Yet, even though the role of chemistry in the solid-state sciences has been a vital one and the solid-state sciences have, in turn, made enormous contributions to chemical thought, solid-state chemistry has not been recognized by the general body of chemists as a major subfield of chemistry. Solid-state chemistry is not even well defined as to content. Some, for example, would have it include only the quantum chemistry of solids and would reject thermodynamics and phase equilibria; this is nonsense. Solid-state chemistry has many facets, and one of the purposes of this Treatise is to help define the field. Perhaps the most general characteristic of solid-state chemistry, and one which helps differentiate it from solid-state physics, is its focus on the chemical composition and atomic configuration of real solids and on the relationship of composition and structure to the chemical and physical properties of the solid. Real solids are usually extremely complex and exhibit almost infinite variety in their compositional and structural features.
List of contents
of Volume 1.- 1 Chemical Bonds in Solids.- 1. Why Solids Are Different from Molecules.- 2. Crystal Structures and Cohesive Energies of the Elements.- 3. Binary Compounds and Alloys.- 4. Chemical Bonding and Physical Properties.- 5. Summary.- References.- 2 Energy Bands.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Energy Bands in General.- 3. The Classical Descriptions of Energy Bands in Periodic Systems.- 4. Approximations, Interpolations, Perturbations.- 5. Some Relevant Experiments.- 6. Typical Band Structures.- 7. Disordered Solids.- 8. Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3 Factors Controlling the Formation and Structure of Phases.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Practical Prediction of Phase Stability.- 3. General Structural Consequences of Bonding Types.- 4. Atomic Size and Structural Constraint.- 5. Factors Influencing the Stability of Crystal Structures.- 6. Distortions of Crystal Structures.- 7. Epilogue.- Appendix-Structure Diagrams.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 4 Structure and Composition in Relation to Properties.- 1. Magnetic Behavior.- 2. Superconducting Behavior.- 3. Dielectric Materials.- 4. Mechanical Behavior.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 5 Introduction to Chemical and Structural Defects in Crystalline Solids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Point Defects.- 3. Dislocations.- 4. Planar Defects.- 5. Volumetric Defects.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 6 Defect Equilibria in Solids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Native Defects.- 3. Multicomponent Systems.- 4. Extended Defects.- Acknowledgment.- References.- 7 Characterization of Solids-Chemical Composition.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Current Capability for Determination of Chemical Composition.- 3. Application of Current Techniques to Characterization of Materials.- 4. Utilization of Existing Techniques.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 8Structural Characterization of Solids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Structural Characterization by Optical Techniques.- 3. Structural Characterization by X-Ray Diffraction.- 4. Electron Methods for Materials Characterization.- 5. Neutron Scattering from Solids.- 6. Spectroscopy and Local Symmetry.- 7. Physical Properties as Characterization Tools.- Acknowledgment.- References.
