Unit · year 3
CU-304 · Solid State & Materials Chemistry
Threads structure · bonding5 results
The structure of crystalline solids and the origin of their properties.
Results in this unit
T-087
Crystal lattices and the unit cell
Describing periodic solids from a repeating motif.
T-088
Bragg's law
Diffraction reveals the spacing of crystal planes.
T-089
Close packing and packing efficiency
How hard spheres fill space.
T-090
Band theory of solids
Conductors, insulators and semiconductors from overlapping orbitals.
T-091
The Born-Lande equation
Lattice energy from electrostatics and repulsion.