This text focuses on the practical
aspects of crystal structure analysis, and provides the
necessary conceptual framework for understanding and applying the technique.
By choosing
an approach that avoids undue emphais on the mathematics involved,
the book gives practical
advice on topics such as growing crystals, solving and refining structures,
and understanding
and using the results. The technique described is a core experimental
method in modern
structural chemistry, and plays an ever more important role in the
careers of graduate students
and postdoctoral and academic staff as well as final-year undergraduates.
Crystal Structure Analysis has a strong practical orientation.
It contains many worked examples
and problems (with answers) to reinforce the material presented.
William Clegg is Professor of Structural Crystallography, University
of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Alexander J. Blake is Senior Research Officer, School of Chemistry,
University of Nottingham.
Robert O. Gould is Honorary Fellow, Institute of Cell and Molecular
Biology, University of Edinburgh.
Peter Main is Reader in Physics, University of York.