Properties of materials : anisotropy, symmetry, structure / Robert E. Newnham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newnham, Robert E. (Robert Everest), 1929-2009.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crystallography.

Anisotropy.

Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In addition to their great beauty, crystals and other textured materials are enormously useful in electronics, optics, acoustics and many other engineering applications. This text describes the underlying principles of crystal physics and chemistry, covering a wide range of topics and illustrating numerous applications.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Transformations; 3 Symmetry; 4 Transformation operators for symmetry elements; 5 Tensors and physical properties; 6 Thermodynamic relationships; 7 Specific heat and entropy; 8 Pyroelectricity; 9 Dielectric constant; 10 Stress and strain; 11 Thermal expansion; 12 Piezoelectricity; 13 Elasticity; 14 Magnetic phenomena; 15 Nonlinear phenomena; 16 Ferroic crystals; 17 Electrical resistivity; 18 Thermal conductivity; 19 Diffusion and ionic conductivity; 20 Galvanomagnetic and thermomagnetic phenomena; 21 Thermoelectricity; 22 Piezoresistance; 23 Acoustic waves I

24 Acoustic waves II25 Crystal optics; 26 Dispersion and absorption; 27 Photoelasticity and acousto-optics; 28 Electro-optic phenomena; 29 Nonlinear optics; 30 Optical activity and enantiomorphism; 31 Magneto-optics; 32 Chemical anisotropy; Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-191660-9

1-282-36567-3

9786612365676

0-19-152340-2

1-4356-0593-4

OCLC:

437109143