VALMAP2.0 is a Microsoft-Windows-based program designed to assist material
scientists in accurate structural investigations. The aim of VALMAP is to c
alculate the sum of bond valences that a particular atom would have if it w
ere placed at any arbitrary point in the crystal. By movement of this atom
through all possible points, its valence-sum contour map can be displayed.
Parameters of the bond-valence model are available and may be modified. The
program was tested in a number of cases and two examples of applications a
re reported: (i) finding probable atom sites in crystal structures; (ii) di
splacive and order-disorder phase transition mechanisms, analysing steric e
ffects.