ABBREVIATIONS ................................................ xxix
PART I
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................. 3
2 SYMMETRY .................................................... 38
3 POLYHEDRA AND NETS .......................................... 63
4 SPHERE PACKINGS ............................................ 141
5 TETRAHEDRAL AND OCTAHEDRAL STRUCTURES ...................... 187
6 SOME SIMPLE AXn STRUCTURES ................................. 238
7 BONDS IN MOLECULES AND CRYSTALS ............................ 283
PART II
The periodic table of the elements ............................ 341
8 HYDROGEN: THE NOBLE GASES .................................. 342
9 THE HALOGENS-SIMPLE HALIDES ................................ 384
10 COMPLEX, OXY-, AND HYDROXY-HALIDES ......................... 445
11 OXYGEN ..................................................... 494
12 BINARY METAL OXIDES ........................................ 531
13 COMPLEX OXIDES ............................................. 575
14 METAL HYDROXIDES, OXYHYDROXIDES, AND HYDROXY-SALTS ......... 626
15 WATER AND HYDRATES ......................................... 653
16 SULPHUR, SELENIUM, AND TELLURIUM ........................... 698
17 METAL SULPHIDES AND OXYSULPHIDES ........................... 748
18 NITROGEN ................................................... 788
19 PHOSPHORUS ................................................. 838
20 ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, AND BISMUTH ............................. 876
21 CARBON ..................................................... 911
22 METAL CYANIDES, CARBIDES, CARBONYLS, AND ALKYLS ............ 938
23 SILICON .................................................... 982
24 BORON ..................................................... 1045
25 COPPER, SILVER, AND GOLD .................................. 1097
26 THE ELEMENTS OF SUBGROUPS HB, IIIB, AND IVB ............... 1149
27 GROUP VIII AND OTHER TRANSITION METALS .................... 1190
28 THE LANTHANIDES AND ACTINIDES ............................. 1248
29 METALS AND ALLOYS ......................................... 1274
FORMULA INDEX ................................................ 1327
SUBJECT INDEX ................................................ 1375
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