The Electrical Resistivity of Metals and Alloys

Now in paperback, this comprehensive book is the first text devoted to the problem of understanding the electrical properties of concentrated solids. Anyone with an interest in the electrical conduction process or in the application of resistivity measurements to the study of alloy configuration will find this essential reading.

Paul L. Rossiter (Author)

9780521408721, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 March 1991

452 pages, 223 b/w illus. 54 tables
21.7 x 13.9 x 3 cm, 0.616 kg

"...a useful compendium for both the novice and the hardened professional scientist." Materials Forum

Now in paperback, this comprehensive book is the first text devoted to the problem of understanding the electrical properties of metals and alloys. Dr Rossiter, well-known for his work on the electrical resistivity of alloys, has written a book which blends results and theory, but does not rely on a strong grounding in quantum mechanics. After an introduction to the basic ideas, the concepts of atomic and magnetic correlations and their microstructural consequences are explained. Later chapters then deal with the effects of such correlations on electrical resistivity. Examples and applications of the concepts derived are given in discrete sections, allowing the uninterrupted development of theory for each specific problem, and enhancing the value of the book for a wide range of readers from theoretical and experimental solid state physicists to metallurgists and materials scientists. Anyone with an interest in the electrical conduction process or in the application of resistivity measurements to the study of alloy configuration will find this essential reading.

1. Basic concepts
2. Atomic configuration of an alloy
3. The structure of magnetic materials
4. Electrons in simple metals and alloys
5. Electrical resistivity of simple metals and alloys
6. Non-simple, non-magnetic metals and alloys
7. Magnetic and nearly magnetic alloys
8. Other phenomena
Appendices
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Metals technology / metallurgy [TDM], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]