Theory of Electric Polarization

Dielectrics in Static Fields

Bozzano G Luisa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780444410191
• eBook ISBN:
  9780444600066
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Electromagnetism

Theory of Electric Polarization: Dielectrics in Static Fields: Second Edition concerns the theory of the static behavior of dielectrics. The book reviews electric moment, electric dipoles, some concepts of, and problems of electrostatics. One problem concerns the phenomena of a conducting sphere in a homogeneous external field which was resolved using Laplace's equation. The text also discusses the work required to assemble a charge distribution, the energy of a dialectric or an induced dipole in an external field, and the electrostatic interaction of two particles. The book explores the reaction field of a polarizable or non-polarizable point dipole, the reaction field in an ellipsoidal cavity, the reaction field of an eccentric dipole in a spherical cavity, and the contribution of the permanent dipoles to the cohesion energy of a liquid. The text tackles the Onsager equation, the Debye equation, a correction to the Clausius-Mossotti equation, and the Kirkwood correlation factor. The book explains normal and anomalous saturation, electrostriction, as well as the non-linear effect due to the anisotropy of polarizability and hyperpolarizabilities. The text can prove beneficial for researchers, investigators or scientists whose work involve organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Theory of Electric Polarization: Dielectrics in Static Fields
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface to the second edition
• Important symbols
• Historical introduction
• Chapter I. Electric dipoles and multipoles
• Chapter II. Some concepts and problems of electrostatics
• Chapter III. Polarization and energy
• Chapter IV. The reaction field
• Chapter V. The dielectric constant in the continuum approach to the environment of the molecule
• Chapter VI. Statistical-mechanical theories of the dielectric constant
• Chapter VII. Non-linear effects
• Appendix I. Some applications of vector and tensor calculus
• Appendix II. The solution of Laplace's and Poisson's equations
• Appendix III. Some properties of the Legendre polynomials
• Author index
• Subject index
• Chemical name index