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Physics of Materials
About this book
Few areas of science are as interdisciplinary as materials science. Chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics each play a part within it. The role of physics is to describe the objects, effects and phenomena at different scales (micro-, meso-, and macroscopic) as precisely as possible. Physics of Materials addresses this description at the elementary level. Based on an undergraduate level course taught at the Ecole Polytechnique, France, the main emphasis is on the conduction related phenomena (electronic properties) and the plastic behavior (ionic properties) of materials, such as metals and alloys, semiconductors, and ceramics. It assumes a basic grounding in statistical physics, quantum mechanics and elasticity but does not require prior knowledge of solid-state physics, to which it will serve as a useful introduction. The presentation of the course is followed by several examination problems, with solutions, which cover various specific applications of the general concepts and which will enable readers to test their understanding of these concepts.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I Madelung or Rock Salt
- Chapter II Drude or āArchaeo-Metalā
- Chapter III Sommerfeld or āGoodā Metal
- Chapter IV Some Properties of āGoodā Metals
- Chapter V Packings: Order or Disorder
- Chapter VI Bloch and Brillouin or the Electrons in a Crystal
- Chapter VII Surfaces and Point Defects
- Chapter VIII Diffusion and Precipitation
- Chapter IX Dislocations and Boundaries
- Chapter X Deformation and Fracture
- Annex 1 Diffraction by a Crystal
- Annex 2 BlochāS Theorem
- Annex 3 BoltzmannāS Equation. Electrical Conductivity
- Annex 4 Tight Binding Method
- Annex 5 Burgers Vector
- Problems with Solutions
- Complementary Reading
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Table of Constants
- Energy Equivalencies