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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958148003321

Autore

Newnham Robert E (Robert Everest), <1929-2009.>

Titolo

Properties of materials : anisotropy, symmetry, structure / / Robert E. Newnham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-191660-9

1-282-36567-3

9786612365676

0-19-152340-2

1-4356-0593-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

620.1/12

620.112

620.11299

Soggetti

Crystallography

Anisotropy

Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Transformations; 3 Symmetry; 4 Transformation operators for symmetry elements; 5 Tensors and physical properties; 6 Thermodynamic relationships; 7 Specific heat and entropy; 8 Pyroelectricity; 9 Dielectric constant; 10 Stress and strain; 11 Thermal expansion; 12 Piezoelectricity; 13 Elasticity; 14 Magnetic phenomena; 15 Nonlinear phenomena; 16 Ferroic crystals; 17 Electrical resistivity; 18 Thermal conductivity; 19 Diffusion and ionic conductivity; 20 Galvanomagnetic and thermomagnetic phenomena; 21 Thermoelectricity; 22 Piezoresistance; 23 Acoustic waves I

24 Acoustic waves II25 Crystal optics; 26 Dispersion and absorption; 27 Photoelasticity and acousto-optics; 28 Electro-optic phenomena; 29 Nonlinear optics; 30 Optical activity and enantiomorphism; 31 Magneto-optics; 32 Chemical anisotropy; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In addition to their great beauty, crystals and other textured materials



are enormously useful in electronics, optics, acoustics and many other engineering applications. This text describes the underlying principles of crystal physics and chemistry, covering a wide range of topics and illustrating numerous applications.