Statistical mechanics of solids / Louis A. Girifalco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girifalco, L. A. (Louis A.), author.

Series:

Monographs on the physics and chemistry of materials ; 58.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solids--Mathematical models.

Solids.

Statistical mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph, suitable for use as an advanced text, presents the statistical mechanics of solids from the perspective of the material properties of the solid state. Each chapter includes exercises to illustrate the topics covered in the main text.

Contents:

Contents; 1 The Basics of Thermodynamics; 2 Principles of Statistical Mechanics; 3 Particle Statistics; 4 The Harmonic Crystal; 5 Anharmonic Properties and the Equation of State; 6 Free Electron Theory in Metals and Semiconductors; 7 Statistical-Kinetic Theory of Electron Transport; 8 Order-Disorder Alloys; 9 Magnetic Order; 10 Phase Equilibria; 11 Critical Exponents and the Renormalization Group; 12 Surfaces and Interfaces; 13 The Theory of Random Flight; 14 Linear Polymer Chains; 15 Vacancies and Interstitials in Monatomic Crystals; 16 Point Defects in Dilute Alloys

17 Diffusion in Simple CrystalsAppendix 1 Combinatorial Problems in Statistical Mechanics; Appendix 2 The Method of Undetermined Multipliers; Appendix 3 Stirling's Approximation; Appendix 4 Sums and Integrals; Appendix 5 Fermi Integrals; Appendix 6 Kirkwood's Second Moment; Appendix 7 The Generalized Lattice Gas; Appendix 8 Dyadics and Crystal Symmetry; Additional Readings; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773265-8

1-280-52982-2

9786610529827

0-19-802811-3

1-4294-0376-4

OCLC:

476012368