The Physics of Metals: Volume 1, Electrons

This advanced 1969 treatise was written by a team of international experts, and presents a definitive account of a major field of modern physics.

J. M. Ziman (Edited by)

9780521180795, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 April 2011

452 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.66 kg

Originally published in 1969, volume one of The Physics of Metals is an advanced treatise written by a team of international experts. It presents a definitive account of a major field of modern physics and will be of value to both experimental and theoretical solid state physicists and metallurgists seeking a clear explanation of the physical phenomena occurring in metals, without recourse to elaborate mathematics. The volume is based around the electronic properties of metals and has articles on the calculation of band structures, observation of the Fermi surface, effects of a magnetic field, surface and size effects, conduction of heat and electricity, liquid metals, alloys and special properties of transition metals. The work was inspired by the desire to honour Sir Nevill Mott by writing an account of some of the topics treated in Mott and Jones' classic work The Theory of the Property of Metals and Alloys.

Preface
Sir Nevill Mott
Publications of Professor N. F. Mott
1. Electronic structure of metals Volker Heine
2. Electronic structure: the experimental results D. Shoenberg
3. Metallic electrons in a magnetic field A. B. Pippard
4. Transport properties: surface and size effects R. G. Chambers
5. The ordinary transport properties of metals J. M. Ziman
6. Electronic transport properties of liquid metals T. E. Faber
7. Experimental studies of the structures of metals and alloys P. J. Brown and W. H. Taylor
8. Transition metals. Electronic structure of the d-band. Its role in the crystalline and magnetic structures J. Friedel
Author index and bibliography
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]