Gerald V. Gibbs

Monte B. Boisen

Volume 15 of Reviews in Mineralogy is written with two goals in mind. The first is to derive the 32 crystallographic point groups, the 14 Bravais lattice types and the 230 crystallographic space group types. The second is to develop the mathematical tools necessary for these derivations in such a manner as to lay the mathematical foundation needed to solve numerous basic problems in crystallography and to avoid extraneous discourses. To demonstrate how these tools can be employed, a large number of examples are solved and problems are given. The book is, by and large, self-contained. In particular, topics usually omitted from the traditional courses in mathematics that are essential to the study of crystallography are discussed. For example, the techniques needed to work in vector spaces with noncartesian bases are developed. Unlike the traditional group-theoretical approach, isomorphism is not the essential ingredient in crystallographic classification schemes. Because alternative classification schemes must be used, the notions of equivalence relations and classes which are fundamental to such schemes are defined, discussed and illustrated. For example, we will find that the classification of the crystallographic space groups into the traditional 230 types is defined in terms of their matrix representations. Therefore, the derivation of these groups from the point groups will be conducted using the 37 distinct matrix groups rather than the 32 point groups they represent.

Mathematical Crystallography

Ronald M. Lewis

Quadratic Functions for Copper Radiation, 00 to 1800 2[theta]

00 to 1800 2[theta]

Quadratic Functions for Iron Radiation

Mark I. Copeland

John Ward Smith

Donald W. Frommer

David E. Wolfson

George W. Birge

Raynard V. Lundquist

Lloyd Harold Banning

Arthur F. Colombo

Eben L. Singleton

C. A. Stone

Karl Clyde Dean

Francis Harold Gibson

William Harlan Ode

Vernal E. Edlund

R. S. Lang

Thomas T. Campbell

Joe B. Rosenbaum

A. A. Berk

A. C. Rice

C. S. Tout

Carl J. Chindgren

Donald William Scott

G. W. Elger

Gene Asai

Wesley T. Holmes

Ralph V. Higgins

G. L. Hopps

Irving L. Turner

Ivan L. Nichols

J. P. McCullough

L. Carpenter

Lester C. Bauerle

W. Floyd Holbrook

Alan J. Leighton

F. Donald Bloss

Carbonizing Properties of Butler County, Pa., Coals

Peter J. Heaney

Charles T. Prewitt

Volume 29 of Reviews in Mineralogy provides an updated silica review which focuses on the most recent developments. This book describes the crystal structures and phase transitions of silica and its stuffed derivatives; bridges the relationship between the microstructural character of real silica minerals and the behavior of silica in the geological environment; covers Quantum mechanical considerations of the Si-O bond; shows how calculations based upon first-principles theory can explain and predict silica transitions at high temperatures and pressures; covers spectroscopic analyses of silica and how they reveal vibrational behaviors in response to variations in temperature, pressure, and composition and finally details the uses of silica for industrial purposes.

Physical Behavior, Geochemistry, and Materials Applications

Silica

Gerald V. Gibbs

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