The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry: The Bond Valence Model (International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography, 12)

this Book Describes The Bond Valence Model, A Description Of Acid-base Bonding Which Is Becoming Increasingly Popular Particularly In Fields Such As Materials Science And Mineralogy Where Solid State Inorganic Chemistry Is Important. Recent Improvements In Crystal Structure Determination Have Allowed The Model To Become More Quantitative. Unlike Other Models Of Inorganic Chemical Bonding, The Bond Valence Model Is Simple, Intuitive, And Predictive, And Can Be Used For Analysing Crystal Structures And The Conceptual Modelling Of Local As Well As Extended Structures. This Is The First Book To Explore The Theoretical Basis Of The Model And To Show How It Can Be Applied To Synthetic And Solution Chemistry. It Emphasizes The Separate Roles Of The Constraints Of Chemistry And Of Three-dimensional Space By Analysing The Chemistry Of Solids. Many Applications Of The Model In Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Surface Science, And Molecular Biology Are Reviewed. The Final Chapter Describes How The Bond Valence Model Relates To And Represents A Simplification Of Other Models Of Inorganic Chemical Bonding. booknews the Valence Bond Model Is A Description Of Acid-base Bonding Useful In Fields Such As Materials Science And Mineralogy. This Book Outlines The Theoretical Basis Of The Model And Shows How It Can Be Applied To Synthetic And Solution Chemistry. It Emphasizes The Separate Roles Of The Constraints Of Chemistry And Of Three-dimensional Space By Analyzing The Chemistry Of Solids. Many Applications Of The Model In Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Surface Science, And Molecular Biology Are Reviewed. A Final Chapter Explains How The Bond Valence Model Relates To And Represents A Simplification Of Other Models Of Inorganic Chemical Bonding. Brown Is Professor Emeritus At The Department Of Physics And Astronomy, Mcmaster University, Canada. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) This Text Describes The Bond Valence Model, A Description Of Acid-base Bonding Which Is Becoming Increasingly Popular Particularly In Fields Such As Materials Science And Mineralogy Where Solid State Inorganic Chemistry Is Important. Historical Introduction -- Chemical Bonds -- The Ionic Model -- Quantum Mechanics -- The Symmetry Model -- Topological Models -- Pauling's Electrostatic Valence Model -- Theory -- The Ionic Bond -- Crystal Energy And The Coulomb Field -- How Are The Atom Fragments Chosen? -- The Madelung Field Of A Crystal -- Bond Networks And Bond Graphs -- Coordination Number -- The Bond Valence Model -- Experimental Bond Valences And Bond Lengths -- Empirical Network Equations -- The Bond Valence Model -- The Distortion Theorem -- Bond Networks With Non-bipartite Graphs -- Chemistry -- Anion And Cation Bonding Strengths -- Bond Graphs And Coordination Number -- Anion Bonding Strength -- Cation Bonding Strength -- The Valence Matching Principle -- Hard And Soft Acids And Bases -- Applications Of The Valence Matching Principle -- Liquids -- Cation And Anion Bonding Strength Of Water -- Reactions Of Cations With Water -- Reactions Of Anions With Water -- Aqueous Solubility -- Aqueous Solutions Of Soft Ions -- Non-aqueous Solutions And Melts -- Cation Coordination Number -- Anion-anion Repulsion -- The Strength Of The Anions -- Other Factors -- Applying The Different Effects -- Hydrogen Bonds -- The Role Of Anion-anion Repulsion -- The Normal Hydrogen Bond -- Strong Hydrogen Bonds -- Weak Hydrogen Bonds -- The Structural Chemistry Of Hydrogen Bonds -- Other Types Of Hydrogen Bonds -- Assigning Experimental Bond Valences To Hydrogen Bonds -- Electronically Distorted Structures -- The Origins Of Electronic Distortion. I. David Brown. Originally Published: 2002. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This book describes the bond valence model - a description of acid base bonding which is becoming increasingly popular particularly in fields such as materials science and mineralogy where solid state inorganic chemistry is important. Recent improvements in crystal structure determination have allowed the model to become more quantitative. Unlike other models of inorganic chemical bonding, the bond valence model is simple, intuitive, and predictive, and can be used for analyzing crystal structures and the conceptual modelling of local as well as extended structures. This is the first book to explore the theoretical basis of the model and to show how it can be applied to synthetic and solution chemistry. It emphasizes the separate roles of the constraints of chemistry and of three dimensional space by analyzing the chemistry of solids. Many applications of the model in physics, materials science, chemistry, mineralogy, soil science, surface science, and molecular biology are reviewed. The final chapter describes how the bond valence model relates to and represents a simplification of other models of inorganic chemical bonding."--Jacket The bond valence model, a description of acid-base bonding, is widely used for analysing and modelling the structures and properties of solids and liquids. Unlike other models of inorganic chemical bonding, the bond valence model is simple, intuitive, and predictive, and is accessible to anyone with a pocket calculator and a secondary school command of chemistry and physics. This new edition of'The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry: The Bond Valence Model'shows how chemical properties arise naturally from the conflict between the constraints of chemistry and those of three-dimensional space. The book derives the rules of the bond valence model, as well as those of the traditional covalent, ionic and popular VSEPR models, by identifying the chemical bond with the electrostatic flux linking the bonded atoms. Most of the new edition is devoted to showing how to apply these ideas to real materials including crystals, liquids, glasses and surfaces. The work includes detailed examples of applications, and the final chapter explores the relationship between the flux and quantum theories of the bond. Of all the concepts used in chemistry, that of the chemical bond is one of the most useful and, at the same time, one of the most difficult.