Inorganic structural chemistry / Ulrich Müller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction 2.Description of Chemical Structures 3.Polymorphism and Phase Diagrams 4.Structure, Energy and Chemical Bonding 5.The Effective Size of Atoms 6.Ionic Compounds 7.Molecular Structures I: Compounds of Main Group Elements 8.Molecular Structures II: Compounds of Transition Metals 9.Molecular Orbital Theory and Chemical Bonding in Solids 10.The Element Structures of the Nonmetals 11.Diamond-like Structures 12.Polyanionic and Polycationic Compounds. Zintl Phases 13.Sphere Packings. Metal Structures 14.The Sphere Packing Principle for Compounds 15.Linked Polyhedra 16.Sphere Packings with Occupied Interstices 17.Physical Properties of Solids 18.Symmetry 19.Symmetry as the Organizing Principle for Crystal Structures References Answers to the Problems