Chemical Approaches to the Synthesis of Inorganic Materials

Chemical methods of synthesis play a crucial role in discovering and designing novel materials, especially metastable ones which cannot be prepared otherwise. This monograph provides a useful survey of the subject, examining various types of reactions and methods used in the synthesis of inorganic solid materials. Besides traditional ceramic procedures, Rao discusses precursor and combustion techniques; topochemical and ion-exchange reactions; alkali-flux, sol-gel, electrochemical, arc and skull methods; pyrosol process; hydrothermal synthesis and much more.