From:	Ganesh Ethiraj <viggan %! at !% email.unc.edu>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:43:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:	Re: CCL:Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software

Dr. Glossman:
         In my Grad school I was introduced to a book in solid state
chemistry which I still try to recollect. The book is:
 Seven solid states: An introduction to the chemistry and Physics of
solids----BY- Walter J.Moore. NY, W.A., Benjamin, 1967 . This book should
be apt for the course and the background of the students.
 Ganesh





On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Dr. Daniel Glossman wrote:

>
> This is slightly off-topic for CCL, but I'm guessing there might be
> some people on the list who will be able to help.
>
> I'm in the position of having to teach an elementary undergraduate
> course on chemical bonding and structure of solids.  It will be a
> short course (12 teaching hours) and the students will not have had
> any quantum mechanics or atomic structure beyond (high-)school level.
>
> I am having trouble finding a decent textbook at the right level (ie
> very introductory) and I'd appreciate any recommendations you may
> have.  I also wish to make heavy use of computer-assisted learning so
> I'm also looking for recommendations of teaching software -- perhaps
> for visualization of atomic orbitals and bonding.
>
> The students will be Earth scientists, not chemists or physicists
> and I don't want to take too a rigorous approach.  So though I may
> display the  3D solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the H atom
> I won't do the solution.  I hope to rely on computer graphics to
> illustrate wavefunctions orbitals and hopefully bonding.
>
> I'd like to cover at least some of the following topics from a
> solid-state point of view using mineralogical examples.
>
> *  the schroedinger equation and QM in 1 dimension - quantization.
> *  The H atom.  Atomic structure, orbitals, the aufbau principle
>    and the periodic table.
> *  Ionic bonding.  Ionization energies, electronegativities.
>    Ionic radii and mineral crystal structures.
> *  covalent bonding, H2, sp2, sp3 bonding in molecules and solids
>    using the LCAO approach.
> *  Structural trends and polymorphism in the solid state.  Silicate
>    structures.
> *  Substitutional defects.
>
> So if anyone knows of a textbook which covers this material at an
> introductory level and/or any educational software (Windows 95 or
> Linux) which could be used in support of such a course I'd like to
> hear from you.  (I'd also welcome any comments from anyone who has
> taught a similar course on the amount of material given the 12 hours
> teaching time!)
>
> I'll summarize if requested.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Keith Refson
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