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OverviewCrystals 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert E. Newnham (Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, USA)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.70cm Weight: 0.740kg ISBN: 9780198520764ISBN 10: 019852076 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 11 November 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: 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 anisotropyReviewsGives a great overview into the subject easy to understand even for people who just started getting into this subject covers all the important areas. A highly recommended book! * Michaela Kogler, University of Innsbruck * Gives a great overview into the subject easy to understand even for people who just started getting into this subject covers all the important areas. A highly recommended book! Michaela Kogler, University of Innsbruck Author InformationRobert E. Newnham is Alcoa Professor of Solid State Science in the Materials Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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