This book offers information on a non-mathematical, unified treatment of solid state chemistry. It also describes synthetic methods, X-ray diffraction, principles of inorganic crystal structures, crystal chemistry and bonding in solids; phase diagrams of 1, 2 and 3 component systems; the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of solids; three groups of industrially important inorganic solids—glass, cement, refractories and certain aspects of organic solid state chemistry, including the ''organic metal'' of new materials.