Solid State Chemistry Book

	Preface
1	Crystal Structure	3
A	Translation	3
B	Crystal Planes and Directions	4
C	Bravais or Space Lattices	7
D	Symmetry Elements	10
E	Screw Axes and Glide Planes	10
F	Space Groups	12
2	Characterization of Solids	17
A	Characterization of the Major Phase	17
B	Characterization of Minor Phases and Impurities	27
3	Electrical Properties of Semiconductors	31
4	Magnetochemistry	47
5	Phase Diagrams	54
A	Binary Phase Diagrams	56
B	Ternary Phase Diagrams	63
6	Synthetic Techniques	70
A	Preparation of Polycrystalline Solids	70
B	Sintering and Crystal Growth	79
C	The Growth of Oxide Single Crystals	79
7	Binary Oxides	90
A	Transition Metal Monoxides	90
B	Transition Metal Dioxides	96
C	Several Transition Metal Oxides with the Corundum Structure	111
8	Ternary and Higher Oxides	125
A	Synthesis and Characterization of ABO[subscript 2] Delafossite Compounds	125
B	Perovskites	127
C	Tungsten Bronzes and Related Compounds	132
D	Spinels	142
E	Conducting Iron Tungstates and Niobates	149
F	High-Temperature Superconducting Oxides	152
9	Binary Sulfides	171
A	Low-Temperature Syntheses of Transition Metal Sulfides	171
B	3d Transition Metal Disulfides with the Pyrite Structure	179
C	Layer Structures	183
D	Intercalation Compounds	192
E	Chevrel Phases	193
10	Chalcogenides with the Tetrahedral Structure	198
A	Zinc Sulfide	200
B	Diamond	201
C	Chalcopyrite and Related Structures	203
11	Ternary Transition Metal Chalcogenides AB[subscript 2]X[subscript 4]	222
A	Thiospinels	222
B	The Monoclinic Defect Nickel Arsenide Structure	227
	Answers to Selected Problems	236
	Index	241