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xx, 644 p. 25 cm. Over 250 b&w figures, charts, and tables. Green cloth hardcover. Topics include: resonance and the chemical bond; the electronic structure of atoms and the formal rules for the formation of covalent bonds; the partial ionic character of covalent bonds and the relative electronegativity of atoms; the directed covalent bond; bond strengths and bond angles; complex bond oribitals; the magnetic criterion for bond type; the resonance of molecules among several valence-bond structures; interatomic distances and their relation to the structure of molecules and crystals; types of resonance in molecules; the structure of molecules and complex ions involving bonds with partial double-bond character; the one-electron bond and the three-electron bond; electron-deficient substances; the metallic bond; the hydrogen bond; the sizes of ions and the structure of ionic crystals; a summarizing discussion of resonance and its significance for chemistry. Appendices and indices. [via]