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Properties of Materials
Anisotropy, Symmetry, Structure
Robert E. Newnham
392 pages
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numerous line figures
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246x189mm
978-0-19-852076-4
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Paperback
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11 November 2004
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- Broad coverage of nearly every topic in crystal physics.
- Up-to-date discussion of materials and their applications.
- Class tested, suitable as a teaching or reference book.
- Covers structure-property relations in simple, pedagogical manner.
- Enables confidence and competence in use of mathematics by constant application.
Crystals are sometimes called 'Flowers of the Mineral Kingdom'. In addition to their great beauty, crystals and other textured materials are enormously useful in electronics, optics, acoustics, and many other engineering applications. This book describes the underlying principles of crystal physics and chemistry, covering a wide range of topics, and illustrating numerous applications in many fields of engineering using the most important materials. It has been written at a level suitable for science and engineering students and can be used for teaching a one- or two-semester course.
Tensors, matrices, symmetry and
structure-property relationships form the main subjects of the book. Whilst tensors and matrices provide the mathematical framework for understanding anisotropy, on which the physical and chemical properties of crystals and textured materials often depend, atomistic arguments are also needed to quantify the property coefficients in various directions. The atomistic arguments are partly based on symmetry and partly on the basic physics and chemistry of materials.
After introducing the point groups appropriate for single crystals, textured materials and ordered magnetic structures, the directional properties of many different materials are described: linear and nonlinear elasticity, piezoelectricity and electrostriction, magnetic phenomena, diffusion and other
transport properties, and both primary and secondary ferroic behaviour. With crystal optics (its roots in classical mineralogy) having become an important component of the information age, nonlinear optics is described along with the piezo-optics, magneto-optics and electro-optics, and analogous linear and nonlinear acoustic wave phenomena. Enantiomorphism, optical activity, and chemical anisotropy are discussed in the final chapters of the book.Readership: Advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates in materials science, solid state physics, crystallography, materials chemistry, mineralogy, earth sciences, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Also scientists and engineers working in
industry.
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Robert E. Newnham, Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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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 II
25: 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
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