Deals with the electron density distribution in molecules and solids as obtained experimentally by X-ray diffraction. This book is a comprehensive treatment of the methods involved, and the interpretation of the experimental results in terms of chemical bonding and intermolecular interactions.

1. Scattering of X-rays and Neutrons ; 2. The Effect of Thermal Vibrations on the Intensities of the Diffracted Beams ; 3. Chemical Bonding and the X-ray Scattering Formalism ; 4. Least-squares Methods and Their Use in Charge Density Analysis ; 5. Fourier Methods and Maximum Entropy Enhancement ; 6. Space Partitioning and the Analysis of the Total Charge Density ; 7. The Electrostatic Moments of a Charge Distribution ; 8. X-ray Diffraction and the Electrostatic Potential ; 9. The Electron Density and the Lattice Energy of Crystals ; 10. Charge Density Studies of Transition Metal Compounds ; 11. The Charge Density in Extended Solids ; 12. Electron Density Studies of Molecular Crystals

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