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Thermodynamics of crystals / [by] Duane C. Wallace

Author
Wallace, Duane C.
Published
New York : Wiley, [1972]
Physical Description
xviii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
THERMODYNAMICS: Pressure-volume variables -- Stress-strain variables -- Wave propagation -- Volume corrections -- Approximate theories -- THE CRYSTAL POTENTIAL: Properties of potential energy coefficients -- Quadratic homogeneous deformation -- Third-order elastic constants -- Central potentials -- LATTICE DYNAMICS: Harmonic phonons -- Eigenvalue problems -- Long-wavelength acoustic phonons -- Renormalized phonons -- Self-consistent phonons -- Central potentials -- PHONON THERMODYNAMICS: Anharmonic perturbation expansion -- Sound waves and acoustic phonons -- Low-temperature limit -- High-temperature limit -- Calculations based on measured phonon frequencies -- BAND-STRUCTURE THEORY: General formulation for nonmetals -- Approximation for band-electron exchange -- Total adiabatic potential -- Metals -- Electron-phonon interactions -- PSEUDOPOTENTIAL PERTURBATION THEORY: Local pseudopotentials -- Total adiabatic potential -- Additional topics -- ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA: Low temperatures -- Qualitative temperature- and volume-dependences -- High-temperature analysis -- Approximations and correlations -- MODEL CALCULATIONS Rare gas crystals -- Simple metals.
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ISBN
0471918555
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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