Ice and Beyond: Tetrahedral Building Blocks in Crystals

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Catherine E. Housecroft Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel;, Email: catherine.housecroft@unibas.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2020.735

PMID:

32958115

Keywords:

3d structures, Education, Hydrogen bond, Ice, Polymorph, Silica

Abstract

Tetrahedral building blocks are immensely important in inorganic materials. The structure of ice is ideal for presenting this concept, combined with an introduction to hydrogen bonding. Connecting tetrahedral building blocks is then extended to polymorphs of silica.
CHIMIA Vol. 74 No. 09(2020): News from New Chemistry Professors in Switzerland

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2020-09-30

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C. E. Housecroft, Chimia 2020, 74, 735, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2020.735.

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Vol. 74 No. 9 (2020): News from New Chemistry Professors in Switzerland

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