The Theory of Metals
The Theory of Metals
A. H. Wilson
January 1953
Unavailable - out of print February 2011
Hardback
9780521068154
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Hardback
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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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January 1953Hardback
9780521068154
0 pages
0.645kg
Unavailable - out of print February 2011
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.
