Structural Chemistry of Layer-Type Phases / Edition 1

by F. Hulliger, F.A. Lïvy

Overview

This monograph is intended to give the reader an appreciation of the wealth of phases, elements and inorganic compounds, which crystallize in layer-type or two­ dimensional structures. Originally this work was planned as a short review article but the large number of phases made it grow out to the size of a book. As is evident from the arrangement of the chapters our point of view was gradually transmuting from geometric to chemical. Moreover, the decision about the compounds that should be discussed was taken only during the course of the work, as is partly evident from the sequence of the references. For chemical or geometrical reason we have included also certain layered chain and molecular structures as well as some layered structures whose layers are linked by hydrogen bonds, thus are in fact three-dimensional. Instead of writing only a review with pseudo-scientific interpretations that later turn out to be wrong anyway we thought it more profitable to include the crystallographic data which are scattered in various original articles and hand books but never in one single volume. We have transcribed many of the data in order to make them correspond with the standard settings of the International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography. The figures are consistent with the data given in the tables. We apologize for errors and hope that their number is at a reasonably low level in spite of the time pressure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027707147
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	04/30/1977
Series:	Physics and Chemistry of Materials with A , #5
Edition description:	1976
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Introduction and Definition.- II. Geometrical Derivation of Simple Layer-Type Structures.- 1. Coordination Numbers 9 and 8.- 2. Coordination Number 6: Trigonal Prism.- 3. Coordination Number 6: Octahedron.- 4. Coordination Number 4: Tetrahedron.- 5. Coordination Number 3: Trigonal Pyramid and Triangle.- III. Repartition of the Layer Structures.- IV. Discussion of Special Compounds.- 1. Compounds with Coordination Number 2.- 2. Compounds with Coordination Number 3.- 3. Compounds with Lone-Pair Cations (CN 3—6).- 4. MX and MX2: Phases with Low Coordination Number.- 5. Polycationic Tetrahedral Layer Structures.- 6. Compounds with Polycationic Layers.- 7. Compounds with d8 Cations in Square-Planar Coordination.- 8. Oxides with Cation-Coordination Numbers 4—6.- 9. Close-Packed Structures with Group II and III Cations in Tetrahedral and Octahedral Coordination.- 10. Layer Compounds with B Metal Cations in Octahedral Coordination.- 11. Transition-Element Compounds with Octahedral Cation Coordination.- 12. Group V and VI Dichalcogenides with Trigonal-Prismatic Cation Coordination.- 13. Compounds with Cation Coordination Number—8.- 14. Mixed-Anion Compounds MXY.- 15. Layer-Type Dihalides.- 16. MX3 Halides.- 17. Layer-Type Halides of Composition MX4, MX5 and MX6.- 18. Layered Silicates Derived from Brucite and Bayerite.- References.- Mineral Name Index.- Formula Index.