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In the previous chapter, we have discussed different ways of thinking about the nature of covalent bonding in molecules. In most of the examples we have encountered so far, the molecules existed in the gas phase, so we only needed to focus our attention on the interactions of atoms in molecules. On the other hand, most metals exist in the solid state at room temperature. In the ensuing discussion of metallic bonding, it Is therefore essential that we consider the arrangement of the metal atoms with respect to one another within the crystalline lattice. 

The lattice points in a crystalline solid can be connected by lines to form parallelepipeds in such a way that the parallelepipeds fill all space without any gaps between them. The unit cell of a crystalline lattice is defined as the simplest array of lattice points (or parallelepipeds) from which a crystal can be constructed using translational symmetry and which best represents the overall symmetry of the crystal. 

Mockup of a crystalline lattice. [Photo credit B. Pfennig, taken at the Terra Mineralia Museum in Freiberg. Germany.] 

Principles of Inorganic Chemistry, First Edition. Brian W. Pfennig. 

Examples of crystalline lattices containing (a) atoms at the lattice points and (b) a motif (or basis) at the lattice points. 

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The range of photon energies (160 to 0.12 kJ/mol (38-0.03 kcal/mol)) within the infrared region corresponds to the energies of vibrational and rotational transitions of individual molecules, of electronic transitions in many semiconductors, and of vibrational transitions in crystalline lattices. Semiconductor electronics and crystal lattice transitions are beyond the scope of this article. 

An additional effect of the use of an organic medium in the catalyst preparation is creation of mote defects in the crystalline lattice when compared to a catalyst made by the aqueous route (123). These defects persist in the active phase and are thought to result in creation of strong Lewis acid sites on the surface of the catalysts (123,127). These sites ate viewed as being responsible for the activation of butane on the catalyst surface by means of abstraction of a hydrogen atom. 

There are numerous stmctures that are similar to 2eofites, such as aluminophosphate molecular sieves, AlPOs, but these have not found catalytic apphcations. Zeofites can be modified by incorporation of cations in the crystalline lattice which are not exchangeable ions, but can play catalytic roles. For example, sificahte, which has the stmcture of ZSM-5 but without Al, incorpora ting Ti in the lattice is a commercial catalyst for oxidation of phenol with H2O2 to give diphenols the catalytic sites may be isolated Ti cations (85). 

Voltage Cell Type Oxygen Sensor The operation of the zirconia oxygen sensor utilizes the conduction of oxygen ions by virtue of anion or oxygen ion vacancies in the crystalline lattice. " The anion vacancies are created when the... 

In the analysis of crystal growth, one is mainly interested in macroscopic features like crystal morphology and growth rate. Therefore, the time scale in question is rather slower than the time scale of phonon frequencies, and the deviation of atomic positions from the average crystalline lattice position can be neglected. A lattice model gives a sufiicient description for the crystal shapes and growth [3,34,35]. 

Reaction of [Rh(/z-Cl)(CO)2]2 with sodium pyrazolate leads to 206 (85CJC699). The Rh2N2Cl ring has the envelope conformation. The rhodium atom has distorted square-planar coordination. The molecules in the crystalline lattice form onedimensional stacking units with alternating rhodium atoms in the binuclear units, intermolecularly interacting in a zigzag chain. 

Draw ratio Degree of crystallinity Lattice disorder coefficient (k) Average crystallite size perpendicular to the crystallographic plane (hkl) Dhki (nm) ... 

To ensure quality control material suppliers and developers routinely measure such complex properties as molecular weight and its distribution, crystallinity and crystalline lattice geometry, and detailed fracture characteristics (Chapter 6). They use complex, specialized tests such as gel permeation chromatography (2, 3), wide- and narrow-angle X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and high-temperature pressurized solvent reaction tests to develop new polymers and plastics applications. 

Superconductivity is the loss of all electrical resistance when a substance is cooled below a certain characteristic transition temperature (Ts). It is thought that the low temperatures are required to reduce the effect of the vibrations of the atoms in their crystalline lattice. Superconductivity was first observed in 1911 in mercury, for which Ts = 4 K. Over the years, many other metallic superconductors were identified, some having transition temperatures as high as 23 K. However, low-temperature superconductors need to be cooled with liquid helium, which is very expensive. To use superconducting devices on a large scale, higher transition temperatures would be required. 

Homogeneous alloys of metals with atoms of similar radius are substitutional alloys. For example, in brass, zinc atoms readily replace copper atoms in the crystalline lattice, because they are nearly the same size (Fig. 16.41). However, the presence of the substituted atoms changes the lattice parameters and distorts the local electronic structure. This distortion lowers the electrical and thermal conductivity of the host metal, but it also increases hardness and strength. Coinage alloys are usually substitutional alloys. They are selected for durability—a coin must last for at least 3 years—and electrical resistance so that genuine coins can be identified by vending machines. 

Fig. 21.—Structure of the 6-fold anhydrous curdlan III (19) helix, (a) Stereo view of a full turn of the parallel triple helix. The three strands are distinguished by thin bonds, open bonds, and filled bonds, respectively. In addition to intrachain hydrogen bonds, the triplex shows a triad of 2-OH - 0-2 interchain hydrogen bonds around the helix axis (vertical line) at intervals of 2.94 A. (b) A c-axis projection of the unit cell contents illustrates how the 6-0H - 0-4 hydrogen bonds between triple helices stabilize the crystalline lattice.

Fig. 4 Oxygen Is XPS spectra including curve-fitted components for (a) Catalyst I, (b) Catalyst I after reduction In Fig. 2, a marble-like pattern was observed, which is attributable to solid solution phase of CoO and MgO, because XRD measurement on Catalyst II showed the existence of CoO-MgO solid solution phase [7, 8]. On the other hand, for Catalyst I, no solid solution phase of CoO-MgO was observed. In addition, XRD pattern of Catalyst I indicated the existence of CoO or C03O4. These results suggest that in the case of Catalyst I, Co is loaded on the surface of MgO as CoO or C03O4 phase. Magnified TEM image of Catalyst I after reduction is shown in Fig. 3. In this figure, crystalline lattice image was observed. It is likely that the observed lattice corresponds to the metal phase of Co, because XRD measurement on Catalyst I after reduction showed the existence of Co metal phase [7, 8].

Many of the diamondoids can be brought to macroscopic crystalline forms with some special properties. For example, in its crystalline lattice, the pyramidal-shaped [l(2,3)4]pentamantane (see Table I) has a large void in comparison to similar crystals. Although it has a diamond-like macroscopic structure, it possesses the weak, noncovalent, intermolecular van der Waals... 

In the solid state, aluminum chloride exists in a crystalline lattice. Each aluminum atom is surrounded by six chlorine atoms arranged around the metal atoms at the comers of an octahedron. Aluminum bromide and aluminum iodide form AI2 Xj molecules in all three phases. 

Basically, zeolites consist of Si04 and AIO4 tetrahedra (Fig. 5.28), which can be arranged by sharing 0-corner atoms in many different ways to build a crystalline lattice (Fig. 5.29). 

The free electron resides in a quantized energy well, defined by k (in wave-numbers). This result Ccm be derived from the Schroedinger wave-equation. However, in the presence of a periodic array of electromagnetic potentials arising from the atoms confined in a crystalline lattice, the energies of the electrons from all of the atoms are severely limited in orbit and are restricted to specific allowed energy bands. This potential originates from attraction and repulsion of the electron clouds from the periodic array of atoms in the structure. Solutions to this problem were... 

Therefore the investigation of proper voltaic cells makes it possible to determine ionic contributions to the energy of a crystalline lattice. 

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