The Theory of the Properties of Metals and Alloys
Nevill Francis Mott, Harry Jones | 1958 | ISBN: 048660456X | English | 326 pages | PDF | 27 MB
Series:The International series of monographs on physics
The application of quantum mechanical processes to the theory of metals has led to a spectacular resolution of certain basic disparities between theory and experiment. In this work the authors use quantum methods to develop mathematical models which account for the properties of pure metals and alloys. In particular, they show how crystal structure, magnetic susceptibility, electrical and optical properties, and fundamental chemical phenomena are related. Experimental results are linked closely with theory and where more than one formulation has been proposed the merits and drawbacks of each are discussed.
Drawing upon hundreds of original papers by such men as Einstein, Debye, Bragg, Bethe, Fermi, Sommerfeld, Bloch, Wigner, Heisenberg, and others, the authors develop the thermal properties of the crystal lattice, electrons in equilibrium in the crystal lattice, motion of electrons in an applied field, cohesion in pure metals and alloys, the crystal structure of metals and alloys, heat capacity and magnetic properties of the metallic electrons, and the electrical resistance of metals and alloys. Such phenomena as reflection and refraction at various wave-lengths, x-ray emission and absorption, cohesion in alkali metals, noble metals, transition metals and divalent metals, para-, dia- and ferromagnetism, scattering at various temperatures, resistance of pure metals and dilute and concentrated metallic solutions, and many others are considered in detail. Reprinted.
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