by Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki (Texas Southern University, USA) & Teresa Szwacka (University of Los Andes, Venezuela)

This book is intended to be a complete and clear introduction to the field of crystallography. It includes an extensive discussion of the 14 Bravais lattices and the reciprocal to them, basic concepts of point group symmetry, the crystal structure of elements and binary compounds, and much more.

The purpose of this textbook is to illustrate rather than describe ˇ°using many wordsˇ± the structure of materials. Readers who are not at all familiar with the topic but who want to learn how atoms are arranged in crystal structures, will find this book useful. The chapters are accompanied by exercises designed to encourage students to explore the crystal structures he/she is learning about. The entire notation in this book is consistent with the International Tables for Crystallography.

Contents:

• Crystal Structure
• Three-Dimensional Crystal Lattice
• Crystal Structure of Elements
• Crystal Structure of Important Binary Compounds
• Reciprocal Lattice
• Direct and Reciprocal Lattices

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students and lecturers in physics, chemistry, biology, electrical & electronic engineering, and materials science & engineering; researchers in physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology.

200pp (approx.)		Scheduled Spring 2010
978-981-4241-59-5		US$79