Characterization of anelastic behavior -- Relations among the response functions: the boltzmann superposition principle -- Mechanical models and discrete spectra -- Continuous spectra -- Internal variables and the thermodynamic basis for relaxation spectra -- Anisotropic elasticity and anelasticity -- Point defects and atom movements -- Theory of point-defect relaxations -- The snoek relaxation -- The zener relaxation -- Other point-defect relaxations -- Dislocations and crystal boundaries -- Dislocation relaxations -- Further dislocation effects -- Boundary relaxation processes and internal friction at high temperatures -- Relaxations associated with phase transformations -- Thermoelastic relaxation and the interaction of acoustic waves with lattice vibrations -- Magnetoelastic relaxations and hysteresis damping of ferromagnetic materials -- Electronic relaxation and related phenomena -- Experimental methods.
