Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials

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Summary

With an approach that stresses the fundamental solid state behaviour of minerals, this text surveys the physics and chemistry of earth materials.

Introduction
Crystal Chemistry
Experimental methods for studying structure
Methods for studying thermodynamic properties
Chemical bonding
Mineral thermodynamics
Solid solutions and order-disorder
Melts, glasses, and amorphous materials
The interface between mineral physics and materials science.
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