Physics and chemistry of earth materials / Alexandra Navrotsky.

CONTENT

1 INTRODUCTION
2 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
2.1 Crystals: real and idealized
2.2 Symmetry, space groups, and lattices
2.3 Some Useful equations and concepts
2.4 An illustration of crystallographic concepts: Space group number 227, Fd3m and the spinal structure
2.5 Structure types: Elements and binary compounds, etc.

3 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR STUDYING STRUCTURE
3.1 Interaction of radiation with matter
3.2 X-ray diffraction
3.3 Neutron Diffraction
3.4 Electron microscopy and electron diffraction
3.5 Vibrational spectroscopy, etc.

4 METHODS FOR STUDYING THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
4.1 Thermochemistry
4.2 Phase equilibria
4.3 Equation of state
4.4 Reference

5 CHEMICAL BONDING
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Electrons and phonons in periodic solids-solid-state physics
5.3 Bonding in Molecular clusters-molecular quantum chemistry
5.4 Ionic models of crystals
5.5 Systematic crystal chemistry

6 MINERAL THERMODYNAMICS
6.1 Linking macroscopic and microscopic
6.2 Lattice vibrations,heat capacity, and entropy
6.3 Trends in compound formation
6.4 High-Pressure phase transitional and the Earth,s interior
6.5 Phase transitions in Ax compounds, etc.

7 SOLID SOLUTIONS AND ORDER-DISORDER
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Solid solution formation
7.3 Order-disorder
7.4 Defects in solids
7.5 Reference

8 MELTS, GLASSES, AND AMORPHOUS MATERIALS
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Structure of silicate glasses and liquids
8.3 Thermodynamics of silicate glasses and liquids
8.4 The nature of the glass transition and fragility in the liquids state
8.5 Volatile in silicate melts, etc.

9 THE INTERFACE BETWEEN MINERAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
9.1 Scientific issues
9.2 Interaction between Earth science and materials science communities
9.3 Mineral physics, applied mineralogy, and the environment
9.4 References
Index..................

Include Index: p. 415-417