Statistical Mechanics of Solids

Louis A. Girifalco is Professor of Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

• 1. The Basics of Thermodynamics ; 2. Principles of Statistical Mechanics ; 3. Particle Statistics ; 4. The Harmonic Crystal ; 5. Anharmonic Properties and the Equation of State ; 6. Free Electron Theory in Metals and Semiconductors ; 7. Statistical-Kinetic Theory of Electron Transport ; 8. Order-Disorder Alloys ; 9. Magnetic Order ; 10. Phase Equilibria ; 11. Critical Exponents and the Renormalization Group ; 12. Surfaces and Interfaces ; 13. The Theory of Random Flight ; 14. Linear Polymer Chains ; 15. Vacancies and Interstitials in Monatomic Crystals ; 16. Point Defects in Dilute Alloys ; 17. Diffusion in Simple Crystals ; Appendix 1 Combinatorial Problems in Statistical Mechanics ; Appendix 2 The Method of Undetermined Multipliers ; Appendix 3 Stirling's Approximation ; Appendix 4 Sums and Integrals ; Appendix 5 Fermi Integrals ; Appendix 6 Kirkwood's Second Moment ; Appendix 7 The Generalized Lattice Gas ; Appendix 8 Dyadics and Crystal Symmetry ; Additional Readings ; Index