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The Problem of Monatomic Multicharged Ions and the Nature of the Chemical Bond in Inorganic Crystals

A. A. Levin, Ya. K. Syrkin, M. E. Dyatkina

Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The review deals with the problem of the chemical bond in inorganic solids on the basis of the analysis of the experimental data. It is shown that thermochemical and crystal-chemical arguments can hardly be regarded as proof of the ionic theory, while data derived by modern methods for the direct estimate of effective charges show quite definitely that the bonds are covalent even in structures such as alkaline earth metal oxides and chalcogenides. The bibliography comprises 116 references.

UDC: 54-162:541.573

DOI: 10.1070/RC1969v038n02ABEH001727

 English version: Russian Chemical Reviews, 1969, 38:2, 95–110