Rare gas solids edited by M. L. Klein and J. A. Venables
Abstract
<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section A</h2><h3>Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography</h3><h3>0567-7394</h3> <h2>books received</h2> Volume 33 Part 3 Page 526 May 1977 <h2> Rare gas solids edited by M. L. Klein and J. A. Venables</h2> J. H. Robertson Rare gas solids. Vol. 1. Edited by M. L. KLEIN and J. A. VENABLES. Pp. xiii+ 607. London:Academic Press, 1976. Price £ 18.50, US $46.75. Only the final chapter of this book is concerned with crys- tallographic aspects. This, however, discusses the very interesting point that, despite the supposed theoretical simplicity of these elements, there is still no generally accepted explanation as to why the preferred crystal struc- ture of Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe is never h.c.p, but always f.c.c.