Notations and Symbols

In this section the notation and symbols used throughout the book are listed alphabetically under their appropriate headings. Constants are usually given in nonitalic type and variables in italic. (This is only a general rule. By convention, Boltzmann s constant k, Planck s constant h, and other physical constants are in italic.) Boldfaced type indicates vectors and matrices. Except in section L2.4.A., the cgs (centimeter-gram-second) and the mks (meter-kilogram-second) systems of notation are used in parallel. Any symbols not listed in this section are defined where they are used or in the notation section of Level 3. 

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The cP4-AuCu3 type an example of the use of alternative and complementary structural notations and symbols... 

Figure 3. Experimental intervalence band (10) and calculated contour for the Creutz and Taube ion. The parameters used in the calculations are , —6.0 Ac, 1.1 As, 2.6 vc, 500 cm"1 and vs, 450 cm"1 at 300 K. Notation and symbols as in Figure 2 except FWHM = 1.2 vc.

Figure 5. Superoxide-peroxide reaction mechanism graph notation and symbols as in Figure 4.

Fig. 6.4.4a,b. Gas chromatograms of trimethylsilylated products from the thioacidolysis of a extractive-free wheat straw and b alkali soluble wheat lignin (see Fig. 6.4.3 for description of notations and symbols)... 

We have made a special effort to keep mathematical notation simple and uniform. A collection of the most often appearing symbols are in the next paragraph Notations and Symbols. Moreover, a list of acronyms helps to decipher and locate the full terminologies given in the book. 

The notations and symbols used in the Handbook are listed below. In some cases, notations slightly different from those proposed by the Authors are used to avoid confusion with other descriptors and quantities. 

FIGURE 6.15 The diagram for space group P2i2i2i from Volume I of the International Tablesfor X-ray Crystallography. Notations and symbols are explained at the beginning of the volume. 

The following list of commonly used notation and symbols is used in the Encyclopedia. They are based on those American National Standard Abbreviations... 

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