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The Theory of Metals

The Theory of Metals

The Theory of Metals

A. H. Wilson
June 2011
Paperback
9780521279000
AUD$94.95
inc GST
Paperback

    This second edition, first published in 1953 when the mathematical formulation of the theory of metals was substantially completed, provides a valuable survey for physicists and research metallurgists. It is a critical survey of the electronic properties of solids. A detailed index provides a useful aid to independent reading.

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    June 2011
    Paperback
    9780521279000
    354 pages
    229 × 152 × 20 mm
    0.52kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Historical introduction
    • 2. The motion of an electron in a perfect crystal lattice
    • 3. Metallic structures
    • 4. The structure of alloys
    • 5. Semi-conductors
    • 6. The thermal and magnetic properties of metals
    • 7. Ferromagnetism
    • 8. The formal theory of conduction
    • 9. The mechanism of conductivity
    • 10. Application of the variation principle to conduction phenomena
    • Appendix: the Firmi-Dirac statistics
    • List of important symbols, units and physical constants
    • Index of subjects
    • Index of names.
      Author
    • A. H. Wilson