Crystal Structure Analysis: Principles and Practice (International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography)

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 does not put too much emphasis 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, postdoctoral and academic staff in chemistry, and final-year undergraduates.

Alexander J. Blake is at the School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham. Robert O. Gould is in the Structural Biochemistry Unit, University of Edinburgh. Peter Main is in the Department of Physics, University of York. William Clegg is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Newcastle.