Statistical mechanics of solids / Louis A. Girifalco.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Monographs on the physics and chemistry of materials ;
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Table of 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