The first broad account offering a non-mathematical, unified treatment of solid state chemistry. Describes synthetic methods, X-ray diffraction, principles of inorganic crystal structures, crystal chemistry and bonding in solids; phase diagrams of 1, 2 and 3 component systems; the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of solids; three groups of industrially important inorganic solids--glass, cement, and refractories; and certain aspects of organic solid state chemistry, including the ``organic metal'' of new materials.
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An uneven treatment; a book from a ceramist's perspective,
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Where this book is good, it is very good. Where it is isn't, it is badly dated and incomplete. I suspect that the book's shortcomings stem from West's sole authorship - he just doesn't know much about a broad swath of this subject. A subject as broad and interdisciplinary as solid state chemistry demands a text written by at least two (but not more than three) knowledgeable solid state chemists. West needs a coauthor!
The good parts. Synthesis of bulk solids, particularly as applied to oxides. Interpretation of Phase diagrams & Ionic Conductivity and Solid Electrolytes - best treatments in any introductory text. Glasses & Cement and Concrete - not complete of course, but good introductions. The adequate parts: Most of the material related to characterization of solids. Diffraction, spectroscopy, crystal symmetry, crystal defects, ionic bonding. Not terribly exciting treatment or imaginative in coverage, but adequate. Completely dated - obsolete even when the book was first published: all subjects requiring a quantum-mechanical treatement, e.g., magnetism, electrical conductivity, all treatment of bonding other than ionic or hydrogen-bonded systems.
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It was the best of books, it was the worst of books,
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Attending the University of Aberdeen from 1990-94, it was my pleasure to receive solid state chemistry lectures from the author, Professor West.He was always very clear, concise, and helpful, if terribly busy. The book was the magnum opus of the Inorganic Department, and was widely used throughout. It covers a very large range of topics, and is rather impressive for its clarity and breadth of information. Despite the rather phenomenal expense, the book is well worth the price FOR THOSE involved in theoretical and practical applications of solid state chemistry. In my current work as a solid state research chemist, the book has proven an invaluable resource and without peer. Highly recommended.
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A common but expensive text about solid chemistry,
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I couldn't consider the best book I've read about solid chemistry but it is complete for graduate students. The crystaline structure is well treated but it's poor in the quantum approach. My teacher loves this book as she was a student of Anthony West but I don't like it. I bought it 'cause I was robbed and I lost this book and now I need to get it back to the library.
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Probably the most widely used method for the preparation of polycrystalline solids (i.e. powders) is the direct reaction, in the solid state, of a mixture of solid starting materials. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metastable immiscibility dome, pair bond weakening effect, face centre positions, oxide ion arrangement, epitactic reactions, spinet blocks, primary phase fields, space symmetry elements, subsolidus assemblage, body centre positions, subsolidus temperatures, polyhedral linkages, immiscibility domes, univariant curve, systematically absent reflections, antifluorite structure, general equivalent positions, aluminous cement, reconstructive transitions, oxide array, rock salt structure, anion array, partial covalent bonding, tetragonal packing, face centred cubic unit cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Probably the most widely used method for the preparation of polycrystalline solids (i.e. powders) is the direct reaction, in the solid state, of a mixture of solid starting materials. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metastable immiscibility dome, pair bond weakening effect, face centre positions, oxide ion arrangement, epitactic reactions, spinet blocks, primary phase fields, space symmetry elements, subsolidus assemblage, body centre positions, subsolidus temperatures, polyhedral linkages, immiscibility domes, univariant curve, systematically absent reflections, antifluorite structure, general equivalent positions, aluminous cement, reconstructive transitions, oxide array, rock salt structure, anion array, partial covalent bonding, tetragonal packing, face centred cubic unit cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Academic Press, Vegard's Law, New York, Plenum Press, Acta Cryst, Curie-Weiss Law, Clarendon Press, Ikh Ikh, Moseley's Law, North Holland, Addison Wesley, New Scientist, Physics of Solids, United States, Van Nostrand Reinhold New!
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- Introduction to Ceramics by W. David Kingery on 4 pages
- Physics of Solids (Materials Science & Engineering) by Charles Allen Wert on page 357, page 524, and page 582
- Inorganic Chemistry: WITH Group Theory by Bodie E. Douglas on page 262, and page 317
- Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry: Introduction to the Geometry of the Solid State by F.Donald Bloss on page 186, and page 211
- Inorganic Solids: Introduction to Concepts in Solid-state Structural Chemistry by D.M. Adams on page 261, and page 316
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- Structure and Bonding in Crystalline Materials by Gregory S. Rohrer on 9 pages
- Thermal Decomposition of Ionic Solids, Volume 86: Chemical Properties and Reactivities of Ionic Crystalline Phases (Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry) by A.K. Galwey on 9 pages
- Handbook of Solid State Electrochemistry by P.J. Gellings on 8 pages
- Teaching General Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion (American Chemical Society Publication) by Arthur B. Ellis on 6 pages
- Principles of Inorganic Materials Design by John N. Lalena on 6 pages
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