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Contents
preface page | 1 |
chapter n The motion of an electron in a perfect crystal lattice page | 21 |
chapter in Metallic structures page | 56 |
The structure of alloys page | 101 |
Semiconductors page | 112 |
chapter vt The thermal and magnetic properties of metals page | 133 |
Ferromagnetism page | 178 |
tive electron ferromagnetism p 182 74 The spontaneous magnetization | 191 |
The niecfiunism of conductivity page | 251 |
Application of the variation principle to conduction phe | 300 |
appendix The FermiDirac statistics page | 326 |
LIST OF IMPORTANT SYMBOLS UNITS ANd PHYSICAL | 338 |
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alloys approximation assume axes axis band of standard bismuth body-centred Boltzmann equation Brillouin zone calculated collisions conduction electrons consider constant coordinates crystal Curie point curve density determined diamagnetism distribution function effective mass electric field electrical conductivity electrons per atom electrons per unit energy bands energy levels evaluated exchange forces experimental expression face-centred ferromagnetic formulae free electrons free path given gives Hall coefficient Hence hexagonal holes impurities integral ions lattice vibrations Lorenz number low temperatures magnetic field monovalent metals normal number of atoms number of electrons number of free obtain order of magnitude paramagnetism parameters Phys planes positive potential energy Proc resistance scattering Schrodinger equation semi-conductors semi-metals shown in fig solution Sondheimer specific heat specimen spin standard form structure susceptibility symmetry Table theoretical theory thermal conductivity transition unit cell unit volume valency electrons values velocity wave functions wave vector zero zone boundaries