11. Science. 1923-1994.
This section has been divided into fifteen thematic sub-sections, which, when taken as a whole, reflect the extraordinary breadth of Linus Pauling's scientific biography. Boxes in the Science section typically hold manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, figures, experimental data, non-Pauling reprints and other scientific research materials. Generally speaking, materials have been arranged and cataloged according to research topic. However, two sub-sections reflect the institutional architecture either supporting or directing Pauling's work during specific periods of his life. For example, the bulk of the collection's holdings concerning Pauling's relationship with the American Chemical Society have been cataloged under the rubric "Scientific, Research and Grant-Funding Institutions." A similar approach has been taken with much of Pauling's work sponsored by the Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.
221 boxes
5. Electron Theory; the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds.
Boxes 5.001 - 5.005 (Page: 1 - 5)
5.001.
Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds,
1929-1939.
1.1.
Manuscript Notes: "Ferromagnetism", January 21, 1929.
1.2.
Research Notes, Calculations re: structure of Hydrargillite and compounds of Hydrargillite,
1929, 1933.
1.3.
Manuscript Notes: "Compact Tetrahedral Structures", Manchester, England, May 20, 1930.
1.4.
Manuscript Notes: "The Motion of the Electron in the Hydrogen Molecule-ion, and Similar
Problems", Manchester, England, May 24, 1930.
1.5.
Manuscript Notes: "The Hyperfine Structure of Spectral Lines", Manchester, England,
May-June, 1930.
1.6.
Manuscript Notes: "Heisenberg's Treatment of the Helium Spectrum", Manchester, England,
[LP annotation: "Practically all of this has mistakes in it!"], June 28, 1930.
1.7.
Manuscript Notes: "Fine Structure in Triplet Spectra", Manchester, England, July 3, 1930.
1.8.
Research Notes, Typescripts: Correspondence re: Magnetic moments, chemical combination
and inter-atomic distances for assorted metallic compounds, LP and Maurice Huggins,
1931-1932.
1.9.
Manuscript Notes: "Ionic Character of Bonds", [re: the concept of electronegativity]
April 11, 1937.
1.10.
Manuscript Notes: "Metals", [re: the nature of metallic bonds] July 29, 1938.
1.11.
Manuscript Notes: "Electrons in Metals", October 29, 1939.
1.12.
Manuscript Notes: "Proof of Block's Theorem", November 15, 1939.
1.13.
Partial Manuscript, Notes, Calculations re: structure of micas, No Date [1930s].
1.14.
Notes, Calculations, Assorted Materials re: Electronegativity and the Electronegativity
Scale, No Date [1930s].
5.002.
Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds,
1945-1949.
2.1.
Manuscript Notes: "A New Rule", [re: LP's rule about similarity of half-full and full
electronic sets] October 12, 1945.
2.2.
Manuscript Notes: "Metals", January 13, 1946.
2.3.
Manuscript Notes: "Notes on Alloys", January 13, 1946.
2.4.
Typescript, Memorandum: The Formation of Immiscible Liquids in Metallic Systems, January 16, 1946.
2.5.
Manuscript Notes: "Polyhedra", March 3, 1946.
2.6.
Extensive Manuscript Notes: "The Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds",
July 13 - October 26, 1946.
2.7.
Manuscript: Atomic Radii and Interatomic Distances in Metals, 1946.
2.8.
Manuscript Notes, Correspondence, Figures: "Metals Under High Pressure", August 9, 1947 - February 8, 1948.
2.9.
Manuscript Notes: "Metals", September 17-27, 1947.
2.10.
Manuscript Notes: "Treatment of Bonds as Tubes", September 28, 1947.
2.11.
Manuscript Notes: "The Valences of the Transition Elements", September 1947.
2.12.
Correspondence re: x-ray diffraction patterns and associated data of assorted steel
samples, John A. Fellows to LP, October 10, 1947.
2.13.
Manuscript Notes: "Sizes of Orbitals in Atoms", January 8, 1948.
2.14.
Manuscript Notes: "A Study of Hybrid Orbitals", January 10, 1948.
2.15.
Manuscript Notes: "The Extra Orbital in Metals and Metallic Valency", February 19 - March 7, 1948.
2.16.
Manuscript Notes: "Intermetallic Compounds", March 10, 1948.
2.17.
Manuscript Notes: "Consideration of Intermetallic Compounds", March 21, 1948.
2.18.
LP Notes, Correspondence, Figures re: diagrams of aluminum zinc alloy experimental
data collected by E. C. Ellwood, April 26, 1948.
2.19.
Manuscript Notes: "Revision of Metallic Radii", May 2, 1948.
2.20.
Manuscript Notes: "Reconsideration of Radii and of FeSi", May 16, 1948.
2.21.
Manuscript Notes: "Effective Nuclear Charge and Radii", May 23, 1948.
2.22.
Manuscript re: "The substances with the Friauf structures C14 and C15...", 1948.
2.23.
Manuscript Notes: "Some Intermetallic Compounds with Complex Cubic Structures", January 30, 1949.
2.24.
Manuscript Notes: "CoSn2 and CoSn", May 8, 1949.
2.25.
Manuscript Notes re: compounds of Uranium and Thallium, August 9, 1949.
2.26.
Typescript Notes: "Note on Ferromagnetism", November 14, 1949.
2.27.
Manuscript Notes re: structure of FeZn13 and CoZn13, December 24, 1949.
5.003.
Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds,
1950-1955.
3.1.
Manuscript Notes: "Metals and Intermetallic Compounds", [work-status checklist] January 1950.
3.2.
Manuscript Notes, Correspondence, Calculations: "The Behavior of Substances at High
Pressures", January 29, 1950 - August 8, 1950.
3.3.
Notes, Calculations, Diagrams re: alloys of type AB2, June 5, 1950.
3.4.
LP Notes to Self: "The Structure of α-manganese" and "The Structure of β-manganese",
June 29, 1950.
3.5.
Manuscript Notes: "Co2Al9", July 9, 1950.
3.6.
Memorandum re: "Cu15Si4 and related substances", LP to Fred Ewing, July 31, 1950.
3.7.
Manuscript Notes: "Electronegativity and Heats of Formation of Alloys", August 4, 1950.
3.8.
Manuscript Notes re: structures of NaCd2, AuAl2, CaSi2, CuAl2, Al2Pt, Ga2Au, PtSn2 and Li3Bi, September 10, 1950.
3.9.
Manuscript Notes: "NaCd6", August 12, 1950; "NaCd5, perhaps", September 30, 1950.
3.10.
Manuscript Notes: "Magnetic Moments of Ferromagnetic Alloys", October 2, 1950.
3.11.
Notes, Manuscript, Typescript, Memoranda, Calculations re: compounds of Molybdenum
and Tungsten, 1950-1951.
3.12.
Manuscript Notes, Reprint re: "Compounds of Sodium and Cadmium" and "Hydrates", May - December 1951. [LP and Fred Ewing].
3.13.
Manuscript Notes: "Mg6Si7Cu16", January 20, 1952.
3.14.
Manuscript Notes, Reprint: "Ferromagnetism", March 30, 1952.
3.15.
Memoranda: LP to Lesley [?] Orgel, re: "Proposed Research -- Brillouin zones in intermetallic
compounds", December 29, 1953; LP to David Banks, re: Brillouin zone research, December 11, 1967.
3.16.
Typescript: Proposal for Research on the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds, submitted by the California Institute of Technology to the Fleet Foundation, San
Diego, California, 1953.
3.17.
Manuscript Notes: "Octahedral Complexes - Magnetic Moments", January 14, 1954.
3.18.
Manuscript Notes re: structures of TiB and TiC, February 23, 1954.
3.19.
Memorandum LP to Mr. Miller, re: "The β indium-tin alloy", [Memorandum was not sent],
May 28, 1954.
3.20.
Manuscript Notes, Diagrams: "CeMg12" and TiBe12", June 1, 1954.
3.21.
Memorandum: LP to Gunnar Bergman, re: "Proposed structure for CsZn20", June 15, 1955.
3.22.
Memorandum: "A Small Research Problem", [re: calculations on alkali-halide gas molecules]
LP to Paul Cade, December 11, 1955.
3.23.
Manuscript Notes re: assorted Zinc compounds, No Date [1950s].
3.24.
Manuscript Notes re: predicted radii for Pb and Tl in various states, No Date [1950s].
3.25.
Manuscript Notes: "Heusler Alloys", No Date [1950s].
3.26.
Manuscript Notes re: structure of sulvanite, No Date [1950s].
3.27.
Notes, Diagrams re: structure of Cr3C2, No Date [1950s].
3.28.
Manuscript Notes re: structures of FeS2, MnS2 and PbS, No Date. [1950s].
3.29.
Manuscript Notes re: structure of Al13Si4Cr4, 1953.
3.30.
Manuscript Notes, Calculations re: structure of ζ-AgZn and CuPt3, 1951.
3.31.
Assorted Pauling and Non-Pauling Notes re: the structure and properties of metals,
1926-1979.
5.004.
Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds,
1960-1988.
4.1.
Manuscript Notes: "New Ideas about Metals", July 26, 1960.
4.2.
Manuscript Notes, Calculations re: transition metals, 1962.
4.3.
LP Note to Self: "The Structure of Liquid Metals", 1967 [?].
4.4.
Manuscript Notes re: Incompressibility of metals, June 17, 1968.
4.5.
Correspondence, Non-Pauling Reprints, Research Notes re: Oxyhydroxides of iron and
related substances, October 1968.
4.6.
Diagrams: Drawings of Cd3As2 [cadmium arsenide] from a variety of angles, December 5, 1968.
4.7.
Manuscript Notes re: structure of Fe74Ni26 and Fe85Pd15, No Date. [1960s].
4.8.
Research Notes re: polynuclear carbonyls, including hexadecylcarbonylpentaosmium,
January 18, 1977.
4.9.
Research Notes re: Bond lengths for assorted metallic compounds, December 29, 1979.
4.10.
Typescript: Theoretical and Empirical Studies of the Structure of Compounds of Transition Metals, research proposal written for grant application, No Date [1970s].
4.11.
Research Notes re: Bond energies for compounds of alkali metals, December 9-13, 1981.
4.12.
Research Notes re: "FeNi conductivity", December 19, 1982; Notes re: Electrical Resistance of Metals, by G. T. Meaden, December 22-23, 1982.
4.13.
LP Notes re: history of the "metallic" orbital, 1983.
4.14.
Research Notes, Calculations re: metallic radii and interatomic distances, June-September,
1984.
4.15.
Grant Proposal: "Fundamental Investigations into the Nature of the Bonding and Structures
of Metals and Alloys", proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation, September 21, 1984.
4.16.
Grant Proposal: "Fundamental Investigations into the Nature of the Bonding and Structures
of Metals and Alloys", proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation, January 23, 1986.
4.17.
Correspondence, Memorandum re: proposed research project entitled "Relation of the
resonating-valence-bond statistical theory of metals and alloys to the Schrödinger
equation", grant proposal made to the Office of Naval Research, 1986.
4.18.
Grant Proposal: "Fundamental Investigations into the Nature of the Bonding and Structures
of Metals, Alloys, and Intermetallic Compounds", grant proposal submitted to the National
Science Foundation, March 21, 1988.
4.19.
Typescript: Background and Nature of the Proposed Research, [re: LP's past and proposed future researches on metals and intermetallic compounds]
written for a National Science Foundation grant application, No Date [1980s].
4.20.
Assorted Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic
Compounds, No Date.
5.005.
Non-Pauling Materials re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic
Compounds, 1938-1974.
5.1.
Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Crystal Structure of Pure Metals, 1938-1945".
5.2.
Non-Pauling Reprints re: structure of metals, bound by LP. 1932-1940.
5.3.
Non-Pauling Typescript, Notes: The Complex K3W2Cl9, by Jurg Waser, July 1, 1946.
5.4.
Non-Pauling Typescripts and Correspondence: A Literature Survey Concerning the X-ray Spectra of Metals and Alloys: A Proposal
for Future Experimental Work, by Albert M. Soldate, 1947.
5.5.
Non-Pauling Typescript, Correspondence: The NaZn13 Structure, by Fred Ewing, June 1948.
5.6.
Correspondence, Non-Pauling Manuscript Notes: "Romeyn's notes to me", [re: "heat of
formation of several intermetallic compounds"] 1948.
5.7.
Non-Pauling Bound Report: "The Determination of the Crystal Structure of the Sigma
Phase", by B. Gunnar Bergman and David P. Shoemaker, Technical Report No. 1, Office
of Naval Research grant N6onr-24432, November 1951.
5.8.
Non-Pauling Typescripts re: ferromagnetism, by Earl Callen and Herbert Callen, 1964-1965.
5.9.
Non-Pauling Research Notes re: the structure of GeH4, by Gus Albrecht, 1966; Reprints: 1941-1942.
5.10.
Non-Pauling Research Notes re: the structure of SiH4, by Gus Albrecht, 1966; Reprint: 1933.
5.11.
Non-Pauling Typescript: Correlation of Bond Dissociation Energies of Polyatomic Molecules using Pauling's
Electronegativity Concept by Morton A. Fineman, No Date. [1960s].
5.12.
Assorted Reprints re: Electron Theory and the Structure of Metals and Intermetallic
Compounds, 1937-1974, No Date.