Structures of inorganic materials: close-packing, linking of simple polyhedra. Factors that control structure: ionic radii, covalency, ligand field effects, metal- metal bonding, electron/atom ratios. Structure property relationships in e.g. spinels, garnets, perovskites, rutiles, fluorites, zeolites, b-aluminas, graphites, common inorganic glasses.
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