Understanding Solids

Preface to the Second Edition xvii
 
Preface to the First Edition xix
 
PART 1 STRUCTURES AND MICROSTRUCTURES 1
 
1 The electron structure of atoms 3
 
1.1 The hydrogen atom 3
 
1.2 Many-electron atoms 7
 
1.3 Atomic energy levels 11
 
Further reading 15
 
Problems and exercises 16
 
2 Chemical bonding 19
 
2.1 Ionic bonding 19
 
2.2 Covalent bonding 24
 
2.3 Metallic bonding and energy bands 35
 
Further reading 45
 
Problems and exercises 46
 
3 States of aggregation 49
 
3.1 Weak chemical bonds 49
 
3.2 Macrostructures, microstructures and nanostructures 52
 
3.3 The development of microstructures 57
 
3.4 Point defects 60
 
3.5 Linear, planar and volume defects 68
 
Further reading 73
 
Problems and exercises 73
 
4 Phase diagrams 77
 
4.1 Phases and phase diagrams 77
 
4.2 Binary phase diagrams 80
 
4.3 The iron-carbon system near to iron 88
 
4.4 Ternary systems 90
 
4.5 Calculation of phase diagrams: CALPHAD 93
 
Further reading 94
 
Problems and exercises 94
 
5 Crystallography and crystal structures 101
 
5.1 Crystallography 101
 
5.2 The determination of crystal structures 114
 
5.3 Crystal structures 118
 
5.4 Structural relationships 126
 
Further reading 131
 
Problems and exercises 131
 
PART 2 CLASSES OF MATERIALS 137
 
6 Metals, ceramics, polymers and composites 139
 
6.1 Metals 139
 
6.2 Ceramics 147
 
6.3 Silicate glasses 154
 
6.4 Polymers 161
 
6.5 Composite materials 177
 
Further reading 181
 
Problems and exercises 182
 
PART 3 REACTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS 189
 
7 Diffusion and ionic conductivity 191
 
7.1 Self-diffusion, tracer diffusion and tracer impurity diffusion 191
 
7.2 Non-steady-state

"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and two-year technical program students." ( Choice , 1 February 2014)