I’m very happy that the English edition of my book on #crystallography is finally available!
I know it is a bit expensive, but at least you get the eBook when you order the hardcover version.
You can order it here:
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030351090
On this page you can find some electronic supplementary materials, for instance CIF files of the crystal structures that are mentioned in the book, sheets for paper models of typical crystal shapes and some animations.
Dear readers of my blog,
I am very pleased to announce that my introductory textbook on crystallography “Faszination Kristalle und Symmetrie”…
…is now available on Amazon:
The electronic (ePub, PDF) version is available on the publishers site at Springer:
http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658095802
There are also some additional electronic resources available, which are gathered on this particular webpage.
This first edition is published only in German, however, it is not excluded that further editions will be also available in English; that is, of course, the decision of the publisher.
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Liebe Leserinnen und Leser dieses Blogs,
ich freue mich, ankündigen zu können, dass mein kleines einführendes Buch zur Kristallographie…
soeben erschienen ist und z.B. über Amazon bestellbar ist:
Das eBook ist in zwei verschiedenen Formaten (ePub, PDF) auf der Springer-Verlagsseite verfügbar:
http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658095802
Desweiteren sind auf dieser Webseite einige zusätzliche elektronische Ressourcen zusammengetragen, z.B. Bastelbögen für Kristallmodelle aus Papier, einige Animationen und Kristallstrukturdateien (CIF- und VESTA-Dateien) von einigen Mineralen und anderen chemischen Verbindungen.
Diese erste Auflage ist nur auf Deutsch erschienen, aber es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass künftige Auflagen auch ins Englische übersetzt werden.
Chapter 5 released!
Dear all,
today Chapter 5 of our course has been released on YouTube!
In this chapter we will practise the handling with the International Tables a little further. But in contrast to staring only at circles and commas we will additionally look at real world crystals and some of their symmetry and physical properties.
And you can be curious about the story of one of the most thrilling scientific discoveries of the last century: the discovery of quasicrystals by Dan Shechtman.
Enjoy!
Frank and Michael
Chapter 3 is all about symmetry. We will start with the symmetries that can be found in everyday objects.
You will then learn how to classify crystals into their respective classes. We have prepared a small poster, so you can keep track of your very own collection of crystals.
Furthermore, we want to begin to talk about translational symmetry. This symmetry is a particular feature of crystal structures with their repetitive patterns.
Example – Ba3(Al(OH)6)2
Barium aluminate hydrates. I. A barium analogue of hydrogarnet.
Moinuddin Ahmed, A.H.; Dent Glasser, L.S.
Acta Crystallographica B (1969) 25, p2169-p2170
BaO8 polyhedra (green)
AlO6 octahedra (blue)
Example – BaCuO2
Ueber Oxocuprate. XX. Ein Erdalkalioxocuprat(II) mit geschlossenen Baugruppen: BaCuO2
Kipka, R.; Mueller-Buschbaum, H.
Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung, Teil B. (1977) 32, p121-p123
Cu (pink)
Ba (green)
O (red)
Example – [Cr(NH3)6][CuCl5]
The structure of hexaamminechromium(III) pentachlorocuprate(II), [Cr(NH3)6][CuCl5]
Raymond, K.N.; Meek, D.W.; Ibers, J.A.
Inorganic Chemistry (1968) 7, p1111-p1117
Cu (pink)
Cr (dark blue)
N (blue)
Cl (green)
H (white)
Example – Spinel, MgAl2O4
An electron density residual study of magnesium aluminium oxide spinel
Sawada, H.
Materials Research Bulletin (1995) 30, (3) p341-p345
MgO4 tetrahedra (orange)
AlO6 octahedra (blue)
Example – Zeolite-LTA-frame, Na92(Al92Si100O384)
The structure of dehydrated Na zeolite A (Si/Al=1.09) by neutron profile refinement
Adams, J.M.; Haselden, D.A.; Hewat, A.W.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1982) 44, p245-p253
Si (orange)
O (red)
Al (blue)
Na (green)
The Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry 