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Advanced Series in Physical Chemistry - Vol. 1

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Basic Principles of Symmetry and Stability of Crystalline Solids

by H F Franzen (Iowa State Univ.)

This book is about the underlying principles of symmetry, thermodynamics and electronic structure that pertain to crystalline solids. After years of teaching graduate students in the areas covered, the author has a good idea of what major notions of group theory and thermodynamics are useful to students of solid state chemistry, and of what fundamental concepts are necessary for a clear understanding. Thus the book deals with lattice symmetry, space groups, reciprocal space, Landau theory, X-ray diffraction, heterogeneous equilibria and simple band theory, in a rigorous and thorough treatment.


Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Bravais Lattices
  • Space Group Symmetry
  • Reciprocal Space
  • Irreducible Representations of Space Groups
  • Landau Theory
  • Thermodynamics of Condensed Systems
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Single Crystal Diffraction, Electronic Structure
  • Order-Disorder Transitions


Readership: Graduate students and solid state chemists.

296pp Pub. date: Jan 1994
ISBN 978-981-02-1153-0
981-02-1153-8
US$79 / £55
ISBN 978-981-02-1154-7(pbk)
981-02-1154-6(pbk)
US$42 / £29


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