In this chapter we will try to systematize the structures of inorganic solids - metal oxides, halides, sulfides, and related compounds - and develop some rules for which structures to expect based on ...In this chapter we will try to systematize the structures of inorganic solids - metal oxides, halides, sulfides, and related compounds - and develop some rules for which structures to expect based on electronegativity differences, hard-soft acid-base rules, and other periodic trends. Figure \PageIndex2: The morphology of twinned crystals of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) is related to the underlying cubic symmetry of the unit cell.
In this chapter we will try to systematize the structures of inorganic solids - metal oxides, halides, sulfides, and related compounds - and develop some rules for which structures to expect based on ...In this chapter we will try to systematize the structures of inorganic solids - metal oxides, halides, sulfides, and related compounds - and develop some rules for which structures to expect based on electronegativity differences, hard-soft acid-base rules, and other periodic trends. Figure \PageIndex2: The morphology of twinned crystals of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) is related to the underlying cubic symmetry of the unit cell.