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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451692303321

Autore

Girifalco L. A (Louis A.)

Titolo

Statistical mechanics of solids [[electronic resource] /] / Louis A. Girifalco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-52982-2

9786610529827

0-19-802811-3

1-4294-0376-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 p.)

Collana

Monographs on the physics and chemistry of materials ; ; 58

Disciplina

530.4/1

Soggetti

Solids - Mathematical models

Statistical mechanics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-508) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 The Basics of Thermodynamics; 2 Principles of Statistical Mechanics; 3 Particle Statistics; 4 The Harmonic Crystal; 5 Anharmonic Properties and the Equation of State; 6 Free Electron Theory in Metals and Semiconductors; 7 Statistical-Kinetic Theory of Electron Transport; 8 Order-Disorder Alloys; 9 Magnetic Order; 10 Phase Equilibria; 11 Critical Exponents and the Renormalization Group; 12 Surfaces and Interfaces; 13 The Theory of Random Flight; 14 Linear Polymer Chains; 15 Vacancies and Interstitials in Monatomic Crystals; 16 Point Defects in Dilute Alloys

17 Diffusion in Simple CrystalsAppendix 1 Combinatorial Problems in Statistical Mechanics; Appendix 2 The Method of Undetermined Multipliers; Appendix 3 Stirling's Approximation; Appendix 4 Sums and Integrals; Appendix 5 Fermi Integrals; Appendix 6 Kirkwood's Second Moment; Appendix 7 The Generalized Lattice Gas; Appendix 8 Dyadics and Crystal Symmetry; Additional Readings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Suitable for use as an advanced text, this monograph presents the statistical mechanics of solids from the perspective of the material properties of the solid state.