Determination of the Effective Charges of Anions in Media of the Ionic Type by the Positron Method

The essential features of the positron method for determining the effective charges of anions in ionic solids are presented, and papers dealing with its application are reviewed. Values of the charges of the anions are given for more than 100 compounds (alkali metal halides, oxides, etc.). In contrast to earlier work, the effective charges of the anions given in this review were determined independently of other methods. Various regular features of the behaviour of the charges in the compounds studied are noted.
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