The Solid State

With his previous book, "The Structure of Matter: From the Blue Sky to Liquid Crystals", Andre Guinier described various models for the atomic structure of matter. Here, the authors show how such models can be used to explain the macroscopic properties of solids. The aim of this text is to provide the non-specialist with an introduction to the solid state, and to examine the technological importance of recent advances in this field. A chapter on thermal properties is followed by a discussion of electrical properties, and the behaviour of electrons in metals, semi-conductors and superconductors. Magnetic properties are then considered, and the final chapters look at mechanical properties such as plasticity, dislocation and diffusion. For those who wish to study the subject in more depth, a detailed mathematical treatment is presented in boxed sections, which can be omitted on first reading.

ISBN 0198555547   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9780198555544 (What's this?)   Pages 281 Publisher Oxford University Press   Co_publisher International Union of Crystallography Imprint Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 495 Format Paperback   Published in Oxford Publication date 01 Oct 1989   Series title Delete (International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography) Non-book description x271   Height (mm) 230 Translator W.J. Duffin   Width (mm) 150 Library of Congress QC176   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 530.41   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Thermal properties of solids; electrical properties of solids; magnetic properties of solids; mechanical properties of solids; diffusion.

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