Crystals

Growth, Morphology and Perfection

Ichiro Sunagawa

296 pages, parution le 04/04/2005

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Résumé

How do crystals nucleate and grow? Why and how do crystals form such a wide variety of morphologies, from polyhedral to dendritic and spherulitic forms? These are questions that have been posed since the seventeenth century, and are still of vital importance today both for modern technology, and to understand the Earth's interior and the formation of minerals by living organisms. In this book, Ichiro Sunagawa sets out clearly the atomic processes behind crystal growth, and describes case studies of complex systems from diamond, calcite and pyrite, to crystals formed through biomineralization, such as the aragonite of shells, and apatite of teeth. Essential reading for advanced graduates and researchers in mineralogy and materials science.

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Foreword to the English translation
Preface
Fundamental Images
- Introduction
- Forms crystals exhibit
- Crystal growth
- Factors to determine morphology of polyhedral crystals
- Surface microtopography of crystal faces
- Perfection and homogeneity of single crystals
- Regular intergrowth of crystals
- Forms, textures of polycrystalline aggregates
Application to Complicated and Complex Systems (Case Studies)
- Diamond
- Rock crystals (Quartz)
- Pyrite and calcite
- Minerals formed by vapor growth
- Crystals formed by metasomatism and metamorphism
- Crystals formed by living activities
- Appendices
Materials Inex
Subject Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Ichiro Sunagawa
Parution	04/04/2005
Nb. de pages	296
Format	17,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	832g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521841894
ISBN13	978-0-521-84189-4