Valenzkräfte und Röntgenspektren: Zwei Aufsätze über das Elektronengebäude des Atoms

Abstract

THE literature on atomic structure has received an interesting addition by the publication of this little work, which consists of two essays, the first being entitled “The Physical Nature of Valency Forces,” and the second “The Significance of X-rays in the investigation of Atomic Structure.” Berzelius first put forward the theory of the electrical nature of valency forces, but the difficulty of explaining homopolar combination by means of it had led to its being discredited. It has now come to the fore again as the result of our knowledge of the relation between atomic number, the charge on the nucleus of the atom, and the place of the atom in the periodic series, and in its recent developments Kossel has played an important part.

Valenzkräfte und Röntgenspektren: Zwei Aufsätze über das Elektronengebäude des Atoms.

By Prof W. Kossel. Pp iv + 70. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1921.) 12 marks.