Brown, I. David

The chemical bond in inorganic chemistry: the bond valence model

by Brown, I. David

fromIUCr monographs on crystallography

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The bond valence model is a recently developed model of the chemical bond in inorganic chemistry that complements the bond model widely used in organic chemistry. It is simple, quantitative, intuitive, and predictive - no more than a pocket calculator is needed to calculate it. …

The bond valence model, which is derived from the ionic model, is expressed through a number of rules and equations that determines which acid-base bond structures can exist. Chief among these rules is the bond valence sum rule, which states that the sum of bond valences around …