""Silicate Glasses and Melts - Properties and Structure" first introduces the reader to the principles that govern the and chemical properties of these materials and, in particular, to the mutual relations between their properties and structure. With pure SiO[subscript 2] as a starting point, compositions of increasing chemical complexity are dealt with in the second part of the book. The effects of network modifying cations are first exemplified by alkali and alkaline earth elements. The specific influence of aluminum, iron, titanium and phosphorus are then reviewed. Effects of volatile components (water, fluids of the system CHOS, noble gases, and halogens) is also dealt with. Application of these results to complex systems such as natural melts is finally discussed."--Jacket.